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1. (adj.) supercilious
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a look.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L superciliōsus. See superciliary , -ous)
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1. (adj) disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
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
2. (adj) supercilious, sneering, snide
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"
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1. (adj) supercilious
lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior
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Sense: contemptuous or disdainful
a supercilious look.
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 Afrikaans: hoogmoedig |
 Arabic: مُتَشامِخ، مُحْتَقِر |
 Bulgarian: надменен |
 Brazilian: desdenhoso |
 Czech: pohrdavý |
 German: hochmütig |
 Danish: overlegen |
 Greek: αλαζονικός, υπερφίαλος |
 Spanish: desdeñoso |
 Estonian: põlastav |
 Farsi: مغرور |
 Finnish: ylimielinen |
 French: hautain, dédaigneux |
 Hebrew: יָהִיר |
 Hindi: अवमानी, उपेक्षक, घमंडी |
 Croatian: nadut, ohol |
 Hungarian: fölényes |
 Indonesian: jijik |
 Icelandic: þóttafullur, hrokafullur |
 Italian: altezzoso |
 Japanese: 高慢な |
 Korean: 건방진, 거만한 |
 Lithuanian: paniekinantis, arogantišk |
 Latvian: augstprātīgs; nicīgs |
 Malay: sombong; angkuh |
 Dutch: laatdunkend |
 Norwegian: hoven, medøyenbrynene hev |
 Polish: wyniosły |
 Persian: مغرور |
 Pashto: مغرور |
 Portuguese: desdenhoso |
 Romanian: dispreţuitor |
 Russian: презрительный |
 Slovak: pohŕdavý |
 Slovenian: vzvišen |
 Serbian: prezriv |
 Swedish: högdragen, överlägsen |
 Thai: ดูหมิ่น |
 Turkish: kibirli |
 Taiwanese: 傲慢的 |
 Ukrainian: зарозумілий, пихатий |
 Urdu: نخوت پسند |
 Vietnamese: cáu kỉnh |
 Chinese: 傲慢的 |
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