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Look up: supercilious

  1. supercilious
    disdainful characterized by haughty scorn 
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  2. supercilious
    [adj] - expressive of contempt
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Supercilious
    Supercilious: Arrogant, haughty or disdainful. From the raising of an eyebrow ('supercilium' in Latin). Supercilious is an example of a word derived from anatomy that has lost its anatomic meaning but been retained for its figurative sense.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. Supercilious
    Su`per·cil'i·ous adjective [ Latin superciliosus , from supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Confer Conceal .] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictator...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/241

  5. supercilious
    sneering adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Supercilious
    • (a.) Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. supercilious
    supercilious (soo' pur SIL i uhs) 1. Expressive of contempt: 'He curled his lip in a supercilious smile.' 2. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those someone views as unworthy: 'Her mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious attitude.' 3. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of o...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

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