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The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

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snobbish, overbearing, l<strong>of</strong>ty, presumptuous, overweening,<br />

patronizing, supercilious, vain, condescending, contemptuous,<br />

belittling, derisive, disdainful, scornful, Colloq highfalutin<br />

or hifalutin, hoity-toity, stuck-up, swell-headed or<br />

swelled-headed or swollen-headed, high and mighty, on (his or<br />

her) high horse, snooty, la-di-da or lah-di-dah or la-de-da,<br />

Slang snotty, uppish, uppity: She's too haughty to have made<br />

any friends here.<br />

haul v. 1 drag, pull, tug, tow, trail, lug, heave, draw: Are you<br />

sure that one horse can haul that load? 2 cart, transport,<br />

carry, convey, truck, move: <strong>The</strong> new vehicles are equipped to<br />

haul bulk dry goods.<br />

--n. 3 pull, tug, drag, draw; heave; attraction: <strong>The</strong> tides are<br />

greater under the haul <strong>of</strong> both sun and moon. 4 catch, take,<br />

yield, harvest, bag: We returned with quite a good haul <strong>of</strong> cod.<br />

haunt v. 1 visit, frequent, hang about or around, spend time at, US<br />

habituate: She haunts the yacht club, waiting for her ship to<br />

come in. 2 beset, obsess, plague, torment, trouble, possess,<br />

prey on: He is haunted by the fear that she told the police<br />

everything.<br />

--n. 3 gathering-place, meeting-place, stamping-ground, Colloq<br />

hang-out: She returned to Abergavenny to visit the haunts <strong>of</strong><br />

her youth.<br />

have v. 1 possess, own, keep; maintain: Imelda had more shoes than<br />

you could count. 2 receive, take, accept, get, obtain, acquire,<br />

procure, secure, take: How many gifts did you say she had from<br />

him? 3 entertain, be struck by: I have an idea! 4 possess,<br />

bear, contain, include, comprise: <strong>The</strong> night has a thousand<br />

eyes. 5 suffer with or from, be suffering with or from, be<br />

experiencing, be undergoing, be enduring, be subjected to: My<br />

daughter was really ill when she had measles. 6 arrange,<br />

organize, set up, prepare; hold: If I have a party, will you<br />

come? We shall have our next meeting on Saturday. 7 partake <strong>of</strong>,<br />

participate in, experience, enjoy; eat; drink: I hope you have<br />

a good time. 8 give birth to, bear, deliver, bring into the<br />

world; beget, sire, father: She had three children in as many<br />

years. How many children has he had? 9 make, demand; force,<br />

oblige, cause, induce, press, require, compel: We'll have the

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