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
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 haughty line deliveries and imperious bone structure cut through the screen like a knife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Can’t someone in the party emerge as the locus for all of our haughty anger?
From Slate • Jun. 6, 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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