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1 haughty
['ho:ti](very proud: a haughty look; a haughty young woman.) ošaben- haughtiness* * *[hɔ:ti]adjective ( haughtily adverb)ošaben, nadut, ohol; archaic plemiški -
2 assume
[ə'sju:m]1) (to take or accept as true: I assume (that) you'd like time to decide.) domnevati2) (to take upon oneself or accept (authority, responsibility etc): He assumed the rôle of leader in the emergency.) prevzeti3) (to put on (a particular appearance etc): He assumed a look of horror.) nadeti si (videz)•- assumed- assumption* * *[əsjú:m]transitive verbnase vzeti, prevzeti; lastiti si; domnevati; izmisliti, domišljati si; zahtevati; dopustiti, dopuščati; obleči -
3 lofty
1) (very high: a lofty building.) zelo visok2) (haughty or proud: a lofty attitude.) vzvišen* * *[lɔfti]adjective ( loftily adverb)zelo visok; figuratively vzvišen, veličasten; nadut, ohol, aroganten -
4 mien
[mi:n]nounliterature obraz, lice, izraz v obličju, drža, vedenje
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Haughty — Haugh ty (h[add] t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Haughtier} (h[add] t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.] [1913 Webster] 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
haughty — [hôt′ē] adj. haughtier, haughtiest [ME haut, high, haughty < OFr, high < altus (with h after Frank * hoh, high) + Y3: gh prob. inserted by analogy with NAUGHTY] 1. having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for … English World dictionary
haughty — index cynical, disdainful, impertinent (insolent), inflated (vain), insolent, orgulous, presumptuou … Law dictionary
haughty — (adj.) 1520s, an extension of HAUGHT (Cf. haught) (q.v.) high in one s own estimation by addition of Y (Cf. y) (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid 15c., from O.Fr. hautif). Related … Etymology dictionary
haughty — *proud, arrogant, insolent, lordly, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful Analogous words: aloof, detached, *indifferent: vain, vainglorious, proud (see under PRIDE n): contemptuous, scornful (see corresponding nouns at DESPISE) Antonyms: lowly… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
haughty — [adj] arrogant assuming, cavalier*, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, egotistical, high, high and mighty*, hoity toity*, imperious, indifferent, lofty, on high horse*, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved,… … New thesaurus
haughty — ► ADJECTIVE (haughtier, haughtiest) ▪ arrogantly superior and disdainful. DERIVATIVES haughtily adverb haughtiness noun. ORIGIN Old French hault high from Latin altus … English terms dictionary
haughty — UK [ˈhɔːtɪ] / US [ˈhɔtɪ] adjective Word forms haughty : adjective haughty comparative haughtier superlative haughtiest proud and unfriendly a haughty expression Derived words: haughtily adverb haughtiness noun uncountable … English dictionary
haughty — haughtily, adv. haughtiness, n. /haw tee/, adj., haughtier, haughtiest. 1. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. 2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted. [1520 30; obs. haught (sp … Universalium
haughty — haugh|ty [ˈho:ti US ˈho: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: haught haughty (15 19 centuries), from French haut high ] behaving in a proud unfriendly way →↑stuck up ▪ a haughty laugh >haughtily adv >haughtiness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
haughty — [16] To be haughty is to be ‘above oneself’, or, to put it another way, to be ‘on one’s high horse’. For etymologically, haughty means simply ‘high’. It is an alteration of an earlier, now dead English adjective haught, which was borrowed from… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
