All 4 Uses of
haughty
in
Gone with the Wind
- But only from life could Ellen's face have acquired its look of pride that had no haughtiness, its graciousness, its melancholy and its utter lack of humor.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- "Indeed?" said Scarlett haughtily.†
Chpt 4.40
- Her pale lashless eyes looked directly and uncompromisingly upon the world and her thin lips were ever set in haughty tightness.†
Chpt 4.41
- Because she was too exhausted by her anger to do otherwise, Scarlett sulkily promised and went home, haughtily refusing any overtures of peace from her household.†
Chpt 4.42
Definition:
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(haughty) arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)