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单词 supercilious
释义
supercilious
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adj

Supercilious people think very highly of themselves, more highly than of others. If your sister tends to act snobby and superior, you can describe her as supercilious.
You might expect Nobel Prize winners to be supercilious — after all, they've reached the very heights of their profession. But one-on-one, your famous physics professor might be humble and fun to talk to, anything but supercilious. Most often, it's people who have no right to be arrogant, rude, and holier-than-thou who behave in the most supercilious ways. The Latin root supercilium means "haughty demeanor," but also "eyebrow" — as in an eyebrow raised in a haughty, supercilious expression.
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supercilious: superciliously, superciliousness
USAGE EXAMPLES
Plenty in Brussels find this supercilious thought admirable.
Economist(Dec 20, 2016)
She was speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show after being asked why "supercilious celebrities like Lily Allen and Bob Geldof do not take in refugees".
BBC(Oct 12, 2016)
It’s also clear, as Schur acknowledges, that the first draft of that history was written in a supercilious tone and pockmarked with errors and omissions.
Slate(Sep 23, 2016)
1adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
Syn
disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering
proud
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
2adj expressive of contempt
curled his lip in a supercilious smile
Syn
sneering, snide
uncomplimentary
tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
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