supercilious

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adjective

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing,
prideful, sniffy, swaggering
• Similar to:
proud
• Derivationally related forms:
superciliousness, overbearingness (for: overbearing), lordliness (for: lordly), imperiousness (for: imperious), haughtiness (for: haughty), disdainfulness (for: disdainful)
2. 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
• Syn:
sneering, snide
• Similar to:
uncomplimentary
• Derivationally related forms:
superciliousness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sneering, snide, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering