haughty

/ˈhɔːti/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɔːti/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhȯ-tē ˈhä-/ (ame, mw)

haughty — adjective

  • haughtypositive
  • haughtiercomparative
  • haughtiestsuperlative

1. treating those around you with cold, proud distance, as if their wishes and feel

1.形容詞C1
釋義

treating those around you with cold, proud distance, as if their wishes and feelings barely matter next to your own.

例句

Soraya gave the new intern a haughty look and walked past without speaking.

collocation: a haughty look / glance / stare

The waiter was so haughty that the family left the restaurant before ordering.

predicative: be haughty (with so/very intensifier)

同義詞
  • arrogant

    everyday word for the same attitude; less formal than haughty

  • snobbish

    specifically about social class or taste

  • disdainful

    focuses on the contempt shown, often through small gestures

  • supercilious

    very formal; suggests a quiet, raised-eyebrow style of contempt

反義詞
  • humble

    modest about one's own importance

  • modest

    not boasting about one's abilities or status

用法筆記

Frequently attributive with words for behaviour or expression (look, tone, manner, smile). Carries a clearly negative judgement — the speaker disapproves of the person described.

常見錯誤

❌The mountain looked haughty in the morning light.
✅The mountain looked majestic in the morning light.
💡haughty describes a person's attitude toward others, not a thing's appearance.