supercilious English

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supercilious

— adjective (= disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, swaggering) 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 a more swaggering mood than usual — W.L.Shirer

— adjective (= sneering, snide) 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

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supercilious English » English

haughty

disdainful

arrogant

contemptuous

superior

snooty

sniffy

proud

lordly

lofty

condescending

conceited

cocky

swaggering

snide

sneering

scornful

prideful

pompous

overbearing

imperious

high-hat

uppity

stout

snotty

snippy

sneery

slighting

puffed-up

presumptuous

overweening

orgulous

highbrow

high-handed

haught

domineering

consequential

cavalier

assumptive

assuming