haughty

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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

Surely, these can’t be two artists whose work is so frequently accused of haughty, style-obsessed self-importance?

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

In Ava Pickett's fresh adaptation, being staged at London's Rose Theatre, Emma Woodhouse still has all the trademark traits of our beloved original heroine – she's clever, quick-witted, meddling, haughty and occasionally cruel.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

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

Christian was offended at Tycho’s high tone and the way he treated the King as an equal, and not least by this haughty phrase, which implied that Tycho might refuse a royal request.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin