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

1. adjective. Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
2. adjective. expressive of contempt

   "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"

   "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"

   Synonyms: sneering, snide

3. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering

Synonyms

sneering, snide, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering

Common word forms

superciliously

Words from these letters

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