Haughty vs Outscorn - What's the difference?
haughty | outscorn |
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
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To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 14, author=Penelope Green, title=Kitchen Tales, work=New York Times
, passage=“That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.” }}
As an adjective haughty
is conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.As a verb outscorn is
to overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.haughty
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Possibly due to the similar sounding (and utterly different in meaning) hottie'', ''haughty has become rare in some parts of North America.References
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