Word meaning
haughty
adjective · HAW-tee
What does haughty mean?
Haughty means arrogantly superior and disdainful.
Haughty in a sentence
“The haughty waiter sniffed at our wine choice.”
Synonyms for haughty
- arrogant
- snobbish
- conceited
How to remember haughty
- Say it out loud a few times: HAW-tee.
- Write one sentence of your own using haughty, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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