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    supercilious
    /ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəs/

    adjective

    • 1. behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others: "a supercilious lady's maid"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUPERCILIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Supercilious means behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › superciliousSupercilious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Supercilious means showing scorn for inferiors or being coolly and patronizingly haughty. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and history of this adjective from the Latin word for eyebrow.

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    Supercilious means haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of this word from Dictionary.com.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySUPERCILIOUS definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

    Supercilious means behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from various sources.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › superciliousSupercilious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Supercilious people think very highly of themselves, more highly than of others. If your sister tends to act snobby and superior, you can describe her as supercilious. You might expect Nobel Prize winners to be supercilious — after all, they've reached the very heights of their profession.

  8. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › superciliousSUPERCILIOUS Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words -...

    Supercilious means showing scorn for inferiors with a cool, patronizing attitude. Find synonyms, antonyms, related words, and example sentences for supercilious on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › superciliousSupercilious - definition of supercilious by The Free Dictionary

    Supercilious means feeling or showing haughty disdain or contempt. Learn the word history, pronunciation, and translations of supercilious in Spanish and other languages.