Synonyms for haughty
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disdainful
disdainful, supercilious, imperious, arrogant, insolent, overbearing, lordly, proud, stuck-up, conceited, domineering, self-important, pompous, prideful UK US CA, contemptuous, overweening, cavalier, cocky, smug, boastful, egotistical, high
Definitions
- adj. 1
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
Example sentences
- arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
- disdainful Dan isn't an arrogant and disdainful guy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| haughty | rising | |
| arrogant | rising | |
| imperious | rising | |
| disdainful | rising | |
| supercilious | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1, smug1
- 5 letters
- proud1, stout1, cocky2
- 6 letters
- lordly2
- 7 letters
- pompous2
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, cavalier3, insolent3, prideful, boastful2
- 9 letters
- conceited3, imperious4
- 10 letters
- disdainful3
- 11 letters
- overbearing4, egotistical5, domineering4, overweening
- 12 letters
- contemptuous4, supercilious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- hautain
- Italiano
- altezzoso
- Español
- altivo
- Deutsch
- überheblich