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haughty

[haw-tee] / ˈhɔ ti /


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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

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

Can’t someone in the party emerge as the locus for all of our haughty anger?

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

She's haughty and well-dressed enough to pass as the daughter of a man of middling political success.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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