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Synonyms for supercilious in English

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supercilious:
- arrogant; presumptuous; supercilious; haughty; high-handed; superior; disparaging; derogatory; depreciatory; proud; high-and-mighty; slighting; snide; sneering; overbearing; disdainful; imperious; lordly; prideful; sniffy; swaggering

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Detailed Synonyms for supercilious in English

supercilious:

supercilious adj

supercilious
arrogant; presumptuous; supercilious; haughty; high-handed; superior
- arrogant adj
- presumptuous adj
- supercilious adj
- haughty adj
- high-handed adj
- superior adj
supercilious
disparaging; derogatory; haughty; supercilious; depreciatory; proud; high-and-mighty; slighting
- disparaging adj
- derogatory adj
- haughty adj
- supercilious adj
- depreciatory adj
- proud adj
- high-and-mighty adj
- slighting adj
supercilious

– expressive of contempt ¹
snide; sneering; supercilious
– expressive of contempt ¹
- snide adj
  - makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one¹
- sneering adj
  - spoke in a sneering jeering manner¹
- supercilious adj
  - curled his lip in a supercilious smile¹
supercilious

– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
haughty; overbearing; disdainful; imperious; supercilious; lordly; prideful; sniffy; swaggering
– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
- haughty adj
  - haughty aristocrats¹
- overbearing adj
- disdainful adj
  - some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines¹
- imperious adj
- supercilious adj
  - his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air¹
- lordly adj
  - his lordly manners were offensive¹
- prideful adj
  - walked with a prideful swagger¹
- sniffy adj
  - very sniffy about breaches of etiquette¹
- swaggering adj
  - a more swaggering mood than usual¹

Related Words for "supercilious":

superciliousness, superciliously

Alternate Synonyms for "supercilious":

disdainful; haughty; lordly; prideful; sniffy; swaggering; proud
sneering; snide; uncomplimentary

Related Definitions for "supercilious":

expressive of contempt¹
- curled his lip in a supercilious smile¹
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy¹
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air¹

Related Synonyms for supercilious

being supercilious

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University