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Defenition of the word supercilious

    • Defenition of the word supercilious

      • having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
      • expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"
      • having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swa
      • expressive of contempt
      • having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

    Synonyms for the word supercilious

      • arrogant
      • condescending
      • disdainful
      • haughty
      • lordly
      • patronizing
      • pompous
      • prideful
      • scornful
      • sneering
      • snide
      • sniffy
      • snooty
      • stuck-up
      • swaggering

    Similar words in the supercilious

      • proud
      • supercilious
      • uncomplimentary

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