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 Translation for 'haughty' from English to Slovak
ADJ   haughty | haughtier | haughtiest
SYNO disdainful | haughty | imperious | ...
spupný {adj}haughty
bohorovný {adj}haughty
povýšenecký {adj}haughty
nadutý {adj} [povýšený]haughty
povýšený {adj} [povýšenecký]haughty
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Usage Examples English
  • At this point in his life, Cortés was described by Gómara as ruthless, haughty, and mischievous.
  • Anand is a motorcycle contest champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings introduces him to Uma, who is the daughter of a haughty, rich woman called Thilakavathy.
  • The Wombles are parodied (as Rumbles - haughty, rat-like creatures that can't pronounce their 'R's) in Michael de Larrabeiti's novel The Borribles.
  • Scorned by the haughty Chloe, the poet, like a discharged soldier, abandons the arms of love. But he begs of Venus, as a last request, that his slighted love may not go unavenged.
  • According to "Ultimate Classic Rock" critic Nick DeRiso, the song's "haughty sermonizing" towards Lennon is one of the weaknesses of the "Ram" album.

  • Edoardo Schott, war correspondent in Thessaloniki called him "a haughty Italian of high Piedmontese nobility".
  • "Of short and sturdy complexion. Broad. Thick skin. Clear mind and little doctrine. Clever, canny, fearless, and bit haughty".
  • Queen Dorothea has been described as efficient and ambitious, haughty and frugal.
  • Yoo took on supporting roles on television, such as the haughty student body president in the horror series "Soul" and more appealing characters in medical drama "Midnight Hospital" and "Tasty Life".
  • Zhou was allegedly not jealous of Consort Tian, but she did disapprove of her haughty behavior.

  • Obsidian dragons, while the most intelligent of the gem dragons, are also the most vicious. They are extremely haughty, anger easily, and like to toy with prey before finishing it off.
  • Madame Célerier is determined to marry off her son François to a rich and haughty woman but François has other plans.
  • American writer William Safire surmised that the Milnes' invention of the name "Winnie the Pooh" may have also been influenced by the haughty character Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).
  • Large sized dog; commanding, haughty and proud.
  • Schütz composed the three verses of Psalm 131, " [...] " (Lord, my heart is not haughty, [...]) in a group of three movements.

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