haughty

«haughty» in Mova's school dictionary: better than other people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (haughty, haughtier, haughtiest)

meaning for a pupil

Proud and unfriendly, acting as if you are better than other people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it describes snobbish characters, often queens, princesses or rich people: «a haughty look». It tells the reader the character looks down on others. Phrases: a haughty look, a haughty voice, haughty manner.

examples

• The haughty princess would not talk to the servants. tree →
• She gave me a haughty look and walked away. tree →
• The cat sat on the wall, haughty and proud. tree →
• His haughty manner made him few friends. tree →
• «I never eat cheap food,» she said in a haughty voice. tree →
• The Bible says that a haughty spirit comes before a fall. tree →
• Such is the fate of all haughty people. tree →

note

Pronounced HAW-tee; the gh is silent. Noun: haughtiness; adverb: haughtily. Similar: arrogant, snooty, stuck-up. Opposite: humble, modest.

In the corpora

• Proverbs 16:18 says «Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall».
• And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
• And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.
• For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.
• Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «haughty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.