haughty

In Proverbs we read that “pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

While that notion may be true for some, it’s not universal, and Iñárritu’s haughty assumption only reflects how disconnected “Digger” is from the very reality it presumes to understand well enough to satirize.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

They all knew that this haughty man was on his way to meet with their council, and that before night fell he would hold their very lives in his hand.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

The band lifts it up — the higher, the haughtier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

But it also had the haughtier, more conceptual imprimatur of Post-Minimalism, arguably the last avant-garde art movement of classic modernism.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

If Mr. Abloh’s roots in the street wear universe drew some clucking from the fashion world’s haughtier roosts, few would deny that a meaningful day was unfolding.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2018

Today, you’ll find the haughtier designer shops closest to the Public Garden, but increasingly funkier boutiques as you walk west toward Massachusetts Avenue.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2015

Facing down her own death, with the hissing of the sea behind her and the night spread out like a cape, she seemed to have grown taller, haughtier.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The tale of Orpheus, whose song softens the hearts of the haughtiest deities, morphed into the spectacle of the famously demanding La Scala patrons, sitting in judgment on operatic superstars.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018

Inevitably, the haughtiest of haute cuisine artists will replace trendy menu items like ramps and aioli with space-sourced foodstuffs.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2015

Even the haughtiest of security hackers—those technologists whose skills are channeled toward fortifying computer security—who had earlier snubbed Anonymous cheered on LulzSec.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2014

Even the haughtiest firms must dance to the piper’s tune.

From Economist ● Sep. 11, 2014

They exchanged glances; then Mal shrugged and put on her haughtiest, most unflinching face.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell