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supercilious
01
treating others as if one is superior to them
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most supercilious
Comparative
more supercilious
gradable
Examples
His supercilious remarks made everyone at the meeting uncomfortable.
1.1
showing contempt or disdain through an attitude of superiority
Examples
At the conference, he adopted a supercilious attitude, belittling the contributions of his peers.
Lexical Tree
superciliously
superciliousness
supercilious
