About The Word Supercilious
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Supercilious
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What's The Definition Of Supercilious?
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer Synonyms | Synonyms for Supercilious: disdainful | haughty | lordly | prideful | proud | sneering | snide | sniffy | swaggering | uncomplimentary Related Terms | Find terms related to Supercilious: See Also | Supercilious In Webster's Dictionary \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr.
supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an
eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.]
Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing;
arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n.
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