All 3 Uses of
haughty
in
Man And Superman
- We laugh at the haughty American nation because it makes the negro clean its boots and then proves the moral and physical inferiority of the negro by the fact that he is a shoeblack; but we ourselves throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any womanliness or delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.†
Chpt Ded.
- Her small head and tiny resolute mouth and chin; her haughty crispness of speech and trimness of carriage; the ruthless elegance of her equipment, which includes a very smart hat with a dead bird in it, mark a personality which is as formidable as it is exquisitely pretty.†
Chpt 1
- [He turns haughtily away and resumes his presidential seat].†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(haughty) arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)