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haughty

[haw-tee] / ˈhɔ ti /


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Frankel says dozens of women tried out to play Emily, the haughty first assistant to Streep’s icy editor in chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist: I had always thought of jazz as somewhat of a haughty art form.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

By then, she’d put her knack for winking impressions of high society divas to stunning use in “Beetlejuice” as Delia Deetz, a haughty stepmother and artist whose gargantuan ego dwarfs her talent.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

That naturally leaves room for everyday people to feel as if research is a haughty, fringe, and costly enterprise whose benefits they’re thoroughly excluded from.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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