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supercilious 音標拼音: [s ,upɚs'ɪliəs] a. 傲慢的,自大的,目空一切的 傲慢的,自大的,目空一切的 supercilious adj 1: 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 [ synonym: { disdainful}, { haughty}, { imperious}, { lordly}, { overbearing}, { prideful}, { sniffy}, { supercilious}, { swaggering}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { supercilious}, { sneering}, { snide}] Supercilious \ Su` per* cil" i* ous\, a. [ L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. { Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- { Su` per* cil" i* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Su` per* cil" i* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for " supercilious": arrogant, cavalier, clannish, cliquish, condescending, contemptuous, contumelious, disdainful, dismissive, exclusive, haughty, high and mighty, high- and- mighty, highfalutin, hoity- toity, insolent, la- di- da, lofty, lordly, overbearing, patronizing, pompous, pretentious, scornful, sneering, sniffy, snippy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, snuffy, stuck- up, stuffy, superior, toploftical, toplofty, uppish, uppity, withering
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