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haughtiness
noun as in air of supremacy
Example Sentences
Consider the haughtiness of her unforgettable dowager in “Gosford Park” set against the character’s dire financial straits.
There was a playfulness and affability that was lacking this year, and was instead replaced by tension, haughtiness, indifference and downright rudeness — a sentiment that I heard from multiple camp mates, both old and new.
He also said that Ms. Young’s lack of response to some emails from the defense “suggests a degree of haughtiness.”
Macron has crystallised anger with a series of faux pas and cutting remarks over the past six years that have left a lasting impression of haughtiness among the general public.
Servants dance attendance on this obstreperous youngster, whose haughtiness is no doubt inflamed by her cold, aristocratic mother and distracted military captain father.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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