All 3 Uses of
haughty
in
Great Expectations
- That girl's hard and haughty and capricious to the last degree, and has been brought up by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on all the male sex.†
p. 185.3haughty = arrogant
- Your guardian was not at that time in Miss Havisham's counsels, and she was too haughty and too much in love to be advised by any one.†
p. 190.1 *
- "Naturally," said I. "And necessarily," she added, in a haughty tone; "what was fit company for you once, would be quite unfit company for you now."†
p. 250.6
Definition:
arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)