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supercilious in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
disdainful haughty imperious lordly overbearing prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering
- 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"
supercilious sneering snide
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University