supercilious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: supercilious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for supercilious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercilious adj 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(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering 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(s): supercilious, sneering, snide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supercilious \Su`percil"ious\, 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`percil"iously}, adv. -- {Su`percil"iousness}, n.