different between dignified vs haughty

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n?fa?d/

Adjective

dignified (comparative more dignified, superlative most dignified)

1. Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.

Translations

Verb

dignified

1. simple past tense and past participle of dignify

English

Etymology

From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from Middle English hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *h?h (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”). More at high, old.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?h??ti/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?ti/
• Rhymes: -??ti
• Homophone: hottie (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)

1. Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• haughtily
• haughtiness

Related terms

• haught, haut, haute, hawt

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “haughty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary