supercilious
英英释意
- 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"
- "shaggy supercilious camels"
- "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- 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"