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altivo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • haughty adj Acting as if one is better than others; arrogantly proud and disdainful.
  • lofty adj Very tall or high.
  • supercilious adjective Behaving as though other people are inferior, in a haughty and dismissive way.

Senses

altivo is used for these senses in English:

  • haughty Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
  • lofty High, tall, having great height or stature.
  • supercilious Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

lofty — full definition

  1. adj Very tall or high.
  2. adj Noble or idealistic, sometimes to the point of being unrealistic.
  3. adj Haughty or arrogant.
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