supercilious - Meaning in Malayalam

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supercilious - Meaning in Malayalam

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Definitions and Meaning of supercilious in English

supercilious adjective

1. expressive of contempt

   Synonyms

   sneering, snide

   Examples

   • "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"
   • "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"
   • "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"
2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

   Synonyms

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

   Examples

   • "a more swaggering mood than usual"
   • "haughty aristocrats"
   • "his lordly manners were offensive"
   • "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
   • "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
   • "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
   • "walked with a prideful swagger"

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