Dictionary Entry
supercilious
supercilious is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
- 2adjective
expressive of contempt
"curled his lip in a supercilious smile"
"spoke in a sneering jeering manner"
- 3adjective
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy- W.L.Shirer
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
"haughty aristocrats"
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