haughty
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Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist: I had always thought of jazz as somewhat of a haughty art form.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
In the criminally short-lived series, Van Der Beek played a version of himself that was far more asinine and haughty than the actor was known to be in real life.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Her one condition, delivered in the haughty tone of an offended aristocrat, was that they sign a note guaranteeing repayment for the damage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Can’t someone in the party emerge as the locus for all of our haughty anger?
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
Now these three saw well enough that Wang Lung was afraid of them and they grew haughty and demanded this and that and complained of what they ate and drank.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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