Supercilious

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  • adjective. Feeling or showing haughty disdain. synonym: arrogant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lofty with pride; haughtily contemptuous; overbearing.
  • Manifesting haughtiness, or proceeding from it; overbearing; arrogant: as, a supercilious air; supercilious behavior.
  • Synonyms Disdainful, contemptuous, overweening, lordly, consequential. See arrogance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
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  • adjective. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  • adjective. expressive of contempt
    • Word Usage
    "He seldom deigned to notice me; and, when he did, it was with a certain supercilious insolence of tone and manner, that convinced me he was no gentleman, though it was intended to have a contrary effect."
    Equivalent
    proud  uncomplimentary  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bilious  punctilious  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cocky  condescend  contemptuous  cynical  disapprove  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arrogant  arrogant  cavalier  clannish  cliquish  
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