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Detailed Synonyms for supercilious in English

supercilious:

supercilious adj

  1. supercilious
  2. supercilious
  3. supercilious
    – expressive of contempt 1
    snide; sneering; supercilious
    – expressive of contempt 1
    • snide adj
      • makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one1
    • sneering adj
      • spoke in a sneering jeering manner1
    • supercilious adj
      • curled his lip in a supercilious smile1
  4. supercilious
    – having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy 1
    haughty; overbearing; disdainful; imperious; supercilious; lordly; swaggering; prideful; sniffy
    – having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy 1
    • haughty adj
      • haughty aristocrats1
    • disdainful adj
      • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines1
    • imperious adj
    • supercilious adj
      • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air1
    • lordly adj
      • his lordly manners were offensive1
    • swaggering adj
      • a more swaggering mood than usual1
    • prideful adj
      • walked with a prideful swagger1
    • sniffy adj
      • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette1

Related Words for "supercilious":

  • superciliousness, superciliously

Alternate Synonyms for "supercilious":


Related Definitions for "supercilious":

  1. expressive of contempt1
    • curled his lip in a supercilious smile1
  2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy1
    • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air1

Related Synonyms for supercilious