What is the meaning of supercilious?

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
- synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering
Expressive of contempt.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: sneering, snide

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