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Haughty vs Domineering - What's the difference?

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Haughty is a related term of domineering.


As adjectives the difference between haughty and domineering

is that haughty is conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious while domineering is overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.

As a verb domineering is

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As a noun domineering is

the act of one who domineers.

haughty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
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    • Synonyms

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    Usage notes

    Possibly due to the similar sounding (and utterly different in meaning) hottie'', ''haughty has become rare in some parts of North America.

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    domineering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

    • Synonyms

    * bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant * See also

    Antonyms

    * submissive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who domineers.
  • * Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.