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List of meaning for supercilious

behaving in a way that suggests you think that you are superior to others

disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering(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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

supercilious, sneering, snide(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"

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

the supercilious art dealer rolled her eyes when we asked if she had anything for under $1,000

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