different between haughty vs commanding

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mænd??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??nd??/
• Hyphenation: com?mand?ing

Verb

commanding

1. present participle of command

Adjective

commanding (comparative more commanding, superlative most commanding)

1. Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
2. Impressively dominant.

3. (of a place or position) Dominating from above, giving a wide view
   • 2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury

Synonyms

• (tending to give commands) bossy, imposing
• See also Thesaurus:bossy

Derived terms

• uncommanding

Translations

Noun

commanding (plural commandings)

1. The act of giving a command.