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supercilious meaning and definition
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Definition of supercilious (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
- synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering
- expressive of contempt
Source: Princeton University Wordnet