Haughty
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 66 answers for the crossword clue 'Haughty', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Haughty a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Haughty as an answer itself some 29 times.

Haughty is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Friday, 10 December 2021 with the answer being PROUD, we also found PROUD to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 10 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 17 Nov 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 28 Oct 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 18 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 15 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 28 May 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 12 Apr 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 31 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 12 Feb 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 2 Feb 2021

Definitions and usage

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• Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

BIG
Marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"

4 Letters

HIGH
A lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

VAIN
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

5 Letters

ALOOF
Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

BOSSY
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

GRAND
A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

HATED
Treated with contempt

LOFTY
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

PROUD
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

6 Letters

GALLED
Painful from having the skin abraded

LORDLY
Of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

REMOTE
A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"

SNIFFY
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

SNOOTY
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

SNOTTY
Dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"

UPPITY
Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

7 Letters

BIGGETY

CONDIGN
Fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"

DISTANT
Located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"

GALLING
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

HATEFUL
Evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

HIGHHAT
A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

NERVOUS
Easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

POMPOUS
Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

STATELY
Impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

STUCKUP

8 Letters

ARROGANT
Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

ASSUMING
Excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

CAVALIER
A gallant or courtly gentleman

DETACHED
No longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"

FASTUOUS

IMPERIAL
A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

PRIDEFUL
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

RESERVED
Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

SCORNFUL
Expressing extreme contempt

SNOBBISH
Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

SUPERIOR
Of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

9 Letters

CONCEITED
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

CONFIDENT
Persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"

DIGNIFIED
Having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman"

EGOTISTIC
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

HONORABLE
Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

IMPERIOUS
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

OBSTINATE
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

10 Letters

ABOVEITALL

DISDAINFUL
Expressing extreme contempt

HOITYTOITY

IMPRESSIVE
Producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

PRIVILEGED
Blessed with privileges; "the privileged few"

SWAGGERING
Flamboyantly adventurous

11 Letters

DICTATORIAL
Of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"

EGOTISTICAL
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

HIGHFALUTIN
Affectedly genteel

INDIFFERENT
Being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"

OVERBEARING
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

OVERWEENING
Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

STANDOFFISH
Lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"

STIFFNECKED

12 Letters

ARISTOCRATIC
Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

CONTEMPTUOUS
Expressing extreme contempt

CONTUMACIOUS
Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

SUPERCILIOUS
Expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

UNINTERESTED
Having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested"

13 Letters

AUTHORITARIAN
A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

NERVEWRACKING

14 Letters

SELFSUFFICIENT