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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x1)
- She gave me a haughty look and walked away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x2)
- The cat sat on the wall, haughty and proud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x3)
- His haughty manner made him few friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x4)
- «I never eat cheap food,» she said in a haughty voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x5)
- The Bible says that a haughty spirit comes before a fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x6)
- Such is the fate of all haughty people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/#x7)

### 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».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/16/)
- [And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.687/)
- [And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.362/)
- [For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.238/)
- [Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1283/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haughty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haughty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.