Haughty

Haughty - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HAUGHTY, a. hau'ty. [from haught.]

1. Proud and disdainful; having a high opinion of one's self, with some contempt for others; lofty and arrogant; supercilious.

His wife was a woman of a haughty and imperious nature.

A haughty spirit goeth before a fall. Prov 16.

2. Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt; manifesting pride and disdain; as a haughty air or walk.

3. Proud and imperious; as a haughty nation.

4. Lofty; bold; of high hazard; as a haughty enterprise.

Loftily - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

LOFT'ILY, adv. [from lofty.]

1. On high; in an elevated place.

2. Proudly; haughtily.

They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily. Psa 73.

3. With elevation of language, diction or sentiment; sublimely.

My lowly verse may loftily arise.

4. In an elevated attitude. A horse carries his head loftily.

Loftiness - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

LOFT'INESS, n.

1. Height; elevation in place or position; altitude; as the loftiness of a mountain.

2. Pride; haughtiness.

Augustus and Tiberius had loftiness enough in their tempers -

3. Elevation of attitude or mien; as loftiness of carriage.

4. Sublimity; elevation of diction or sentiment.

Three poets in three distant ages born; the first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; the next in majesty; in both the last.

Lofty - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

LOFTY, a.

1. Elevated in place; high; as a lofty tower; a lofty mountain. [But it expresses more than high, or at least is more emphatical, poetical and elegant.]

See lofty Lebanon his head advance.

2. Elevated in condition or character.

Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy - Isa 57.

3. Proud; haughty; as lofty looks. Isa 2.

4. Elevated in sentiment or diction; sublime; as lofty strains; lofty rhyme.

5. Stately; dignified; as lofty steps.

lof'-ti-li, lof'-ti-nes: The first form is only in Ps 73:8, where it means "haughtily," as if from on high. The second is found only in Jer 48:29, where the loftiness of Moab also means his haughtiness, his groundless self-conceit.

Lofty likewise means '"haughty," "lifted up" (compare Ps 131:1; Isa 2:11; Pr 30:13). In Isa 26:5 it refers to a self-secure and boastful city. In 57:15 it is used in a good sense of God who really is high and supreme. Isaiah uses the word more than all the other sacred writers put together.

Definition

The term “haughty” means to be prideful or arrogant. Someone who is “haughty” thinks too highly of himself.

• Often this term describes a proud person who persists in sinning against God.
• Usually a person who is haughty boasts about himself.
• A haughty person is foolish, not wise.
• This term could also be translated as “proud” or “arrogant” or “self-centered.”
• The figurative expression “haughty eyes” could also be translated as “proud way of looking” or “looking at others as less important” or “proud person who looks down on others.”

(See also: boast, proud)

Bible References

• 2 Timothy 3:1-4
• Isaiah 2:17
• Proverbs 16:18
• Proverbs 21:24
• Psalm 131:1

Word Data

• Strong’s: H1361, H1363, H1364, H3093, H7312