Someone who is haughty is arrogant.
Haughty is an adjective that is used to describe a person who is arrogant or vain . Haughtiness, in this way, is associated with pride .
For example: "I can't stand the new boss: he is haughty and disrespectful" , "Haughty, the American boxer assured that his rival will not last more than two minutes in the ring" , "When I was young I was a little haughty, but then I learned the importance to be humble."
The etymology
Although there are different theories regarding its etymological origin, we can emphasize that haughty is a word that derives from Latin. Specifically, it comes from altano , which was the adjective given to the winds that blew from the sea to the land or vice versa.
That word, in turn, emanates from altus , which is an adjective that was used to define everything that was high or deep.
Examples of haughty
A soccer player who defines himself as "the best in the world" and who attributes his team's achievements to himself can be defined as haughty. The same can be said about the presidential candidate who claims, in an interview, that he is the only leader with sufficient intelligence and capacity to get his country out of a crisis.
Based on these examples, we can determine that a footballer who considers himself very haughty and who, precisely for this reason, arouses so much rejection is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo . This athlete, who shone for Real Madrid and other teams, usually shows that he is not very humble not only because he considers himself an essential part of his teams but even because he has come to say on more than one occasion that he is the best in the world.
A vain person can be described as haughty.
Problems in social relationships
In general, haughty individuals have problems in their social relationships .
When someone acts arrogant and haughty, other people are likely to feel upset. The opposite of arrogance is humility , a value appreciated at a social level and that facilitates ties.
Characteristics of someone who is haughty
We can say that a person is classified as haughty when they show the following characteristics:
- She considers herself better than the rest.
- He does not hesitate to correct others when, in his opinion, they have said or done something incorrect based on his values or ideas.
- She believes that there is no one who does not consider her beautiful, attractive and sexy.
- He rejects criticism and does not hesitate to attack them harshly.
- She doesn't hesitate to say that everyone loves her.
- She has absolute confidence in herself.
- She constantly talks about herself, about everything she has done or said, about the goals she has achieved...
Other uses of the concept
Haughty is also an adjective that applies to birds of prey that have the ability to fly at high altitudes . The eagle and the falcon are two haughty animals since, due to their physical characteristics, they can fly at great distances from the surface.
In the field of falconry , arrogance is called a modality that consists of making the bird reach a high height and then try to catch a prey by diving.