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Meanings of haughty in английском

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

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Usage of haughty in английском
1
Supported by Assyria, the kings of Israel had become powerful and haughty.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
2
Really the proud and the haughty have no luck in this world.
Impressions and Comments
3
Although still haughty, his voice was clearly chagrined at his narrow escape.
The adventures of button
4
The gentleman looked at him sideways and answered in a haughty manner:
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
5
But Sina was haughty; she slighted the sisters and treated them shamefully.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
6
Yet was the spirit of the haughty daughter of the Caesars unbroken.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
7
I have seen the young lady; she seems to be rather haughty.
The Champdoce Mystery
8
He was very haughty with them but did not set them right.
The new yorker
9
All these petitions were rejected in the most haughty and peremptory manner.
The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
10
He was neither haughty in his language, nor imperious in his demeanour.
La Vendée
11
With a haughty gesture she beckoned to the steward, saying in Italian:
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 02
12
But in this case the haughty Moslem had reckoned without his host.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
13
Though her mien was in general haughty, she flattered Zenobia, and consummately.
Endymion
14
At the same moment I heard the calm, haughty voice of Antinea:
Atlantida
15
Then the queen arose and with haughty step walked to the front.
The Child's World: Third Reader
16
And with a harrumph of a most haughty nature, she was gone.
First among sequels
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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