All 5 Uses of
haughty
in
Wuthering Heights
- I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic's assiduity in attending on the lady of the house.†
p. 7.6haughty = arrogant
- At fifteen she was the queen of the country-side; she had no peer; and she did turn out a haughty, headstrong creature!†
p. 46.6
- Our young lady returned to us saucier and more passionate, and haughtier than ever.†
p. 63.8 *
- She thinks Catherine haughty, and does not like her, I can guess by her talk.†
p. 211.9haughty = arrogant
- The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of forehead, and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty, whether she will or not.†
p. 234.4
Definition:
arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)