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supercilious
adjective
(su-per-cil-i-ous)
expressive of contempt
Synonyms:
sneering
,
snide
,
Examples:
Curled his lip in a supercilious smile.
supercilious
adjective
(su-per-cil-i-ous)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms:
disdainful
,
haughty
,
imperious
,
lordly
,
overbearing
,
prideful
,
sniffy
,
swaggering
,
Examples:
His mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air.
Words Related to
supercilious
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haughty
,
sneering
,
disdainful
,
snide
,
lordly
,
sniffy
,
swaggering
,
uncomplimentary
,
prideful
,
proud
,
smug
,
pompous
,
arrogant
,
snobbish
,
snooty
,
smarmy
,
contemptuous
,
obsequious
,
pretentious
,
priggish
,
snotty
,
effete
,
conceited
,
sanctimonious
,
insolent
,
humorless
,
boorish
,
smirky
,
egotistical
,
bumptious
,
officious
,
tactless
,
vainglorious
,
sarcastic
,
impertinent
,
fatuous
,
insufferable
,
condescending
,
doltish
,
weaselly
,
foppish
,
unctuous
,
chinless
,
waspish
,
toplofty
,
prissy
,
oleaginous
,
gormless
,
cretinous
,
sycophantic
,
uncouth
,
insouciant
,
cloddish
,
clubbable
,
schoolmarmish
,
hangdog
,
pusillanimous
,
deignous
,
nerdish
,
uncomprehending
,
glib
,
blustering
,
timorous
,
curmudgeonly
,
snappish
,
feckless
,
brusk
,
epicene
,
loutish
,
erudite
,
smarm
,
droll
,
captious
,
callow
,
peevish
,
genial
,
caddish
,
rebarbative
,
solipsistic
,
jocular
,
misanthropic
,
oafish
,
slobbish
,
reproachful
,
debonair
,
lecherous
,
diffident
,
schoolmasterly
,
lumpish
,
vacuous
,
saturnine
,
guileless
,
buffoonish
,
pedantic
,
addlepated
,
phlegmatic
,
urbane
,
dandified
,
suave
,
roguish
,
supercilious
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