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- Word Combinations (adjective)
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showing an arrogant disregard, as a look, manner, or person.
The professor cast a supercilious glance at the student who dared ask such a naive question.Her aristocratic family had always held a supercilious attitude toward him.- synonyms:
- arrogant, cavalier, condescending, haughty, hoity-toity, lofty, patronizing, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, superior, uppity
- similar words:
- conceited, disdainful, egotistic, highfalutin, peremptory, pompous, pretentious, proud, self-important, stuck-up
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arrogant, contemptuous, haughty, lofty, superior |
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| derivations: |
superciliously (adv.), superciliousness (n.) |
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