*Haughty definitions: proud · vain · arrogant · conceited · snobbish · stuck-up · pompous · self-important · superior · egotistical · supercilious · condescending · lofty · patronizing · smug · scornful · contemptuous · disdainful · overweening · overbearing · imperious · lordly · cavalier · high-handed · full of oneself · above oneself · snooty · sniffy · hoity-toity · uppity · uppish · cocky · bigheaded · swollen-headed · puffed up · high and mighty · la-di-da · fancy-pants · on one's high horse
I adore the word haughty. The first time I heard it was in 1967 while attending Coe College. The man who uttered it was a senior named Dan Guenther, a big brawny fella who went to Vietnam and wrote award winning books. His poetry is considered to be masterpieces. I learned from the best.
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