supercilious Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- smug
- uppity
- domineering
- presumptuous
- high-handed
- bumptious
- assumptive
- cavalier
- pompous
- imperious
- haughty
- pretentious
- masterful
- authoritarian
- sniffy
- dominant
- important
- uppish
- huffy
- chesty
- hifalutin
- high-and-mighty
- superior
Weak:
- high-hat
- egotistic
- proud
- egotistical
- bombastic
- saucy
- condescending
- lordly
- narcissistic
- self-complacent
- presuming
- self-assertive
- prideful
- blustery
- braggy
- snooty
- complacent
- dominating
- peremptory
- highfalutin
- snobbish
- cocky
- hubristic
- egocentric
- lofty
- patronizing
- vain
- impudent
- snobby
- pontifical
- self-satisfied
- conceited
- pontificating
- self-conceited
- self-centered
- toplofty
- immodest
- swaggering
- braggart
- overweening
- bossy
- toploftical
- boastful
- egoistic
- impertinent
- self-asserting
- magisterial
- uninhibited
- stiff-necked
- egoistical
- huffish
- vainglorious
- blusterous
- disdainful
- stuck-up
Strongest:
- timid
- lowly
- unpretentious
- lowly
- shy
- sheepish
- humble
- sheepish
- diffident
- modest
- shy
- diffident
- timid
- modest
- humble
- unpretentious
- bashful
- bashful
Strong:
- demure
- unarrogant
- self-critical
- mousy
- submissive
- acquiescent
- meek
- unassuming
- subdued
- unaggressive
- deferential
- quiet
- deferential
- demure
- shrinking
- passive
- passive
- unarrogant
- cringing
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- cringing
- mousey
- unassuming
- introverted
- subdued
- compliant
- self-critical
- unobtrusive
- quiet
- submissive
- meek
- mousey
- acquiescent
- introverted
- unassertive
- unaggressive
- mousy
- unassertive
- shrinking
Weak:
supercilious Meaning
supercilious (s)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
expressive of contempt
supercilious Sentence Examples
- Emily's supercilious attitude alienated her coworkers, making them resent her arrogance.
- The professor's supercilious tone belittled his students, eroding their confidence.
- The critics gave the movie a supercilious review, dismissing its merits as insignificant.
- The wealthy neighbor looked down at us with supercilious disdain, as if we were beneath his notice.
- The captain treated his subordinates with supercilious superiority, making them feel like pawns.
- The arrogant CEO's supercilious demeanor made it clear that he valued status over competence.
- The politician's supercilious speeches failed to connect with voters, who saw through his inflated ego.
- The supercilious teenager sneered at her classmates, believing herself to be superior.
- The scientist's supercilious smirk hinted at his disdain for his colleagues' theories.
- The doctor's supercilious glance conveyed that he considered the patient's concerns trivial.
FAQs About the word supercilious
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, expressive of contempt
arrogant, smug, uppity, domineering, presumptuous, high-handed, bumptious, assumptive, cavalier, pompous
timid, lowly, unpretentious, lowly, shy, sheepish,humble, sheepish, diffident, modest
Emily's supercilious attitude alienated her coworkers, making them resent her arrogance.
The professor's supercilious tone belittled his students, eroding their confidence.
The critics gave the movie a supercilious review, dismissing its merits as insignificant.
The wealthy neighbor looked down at us with supercilious disdain, as if we were beneath his notice.
