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supercilioussu‧per‧cil‧i‧ous /ˌsuːpəˈsɪliəs◂ $ -pər-/ adjective formal superciliousOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin superciliosus, from supercilium ‘eyebrow, proud and unfriendly behavior’ - Dress shop assistants grow supercilious, aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment.
- He also had unusually heavy, drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister, benevolent or supercilious.
- His lazy, supercilious eyes, too, managed their affectation of aloofness without actually missing a trick.
- The Lorrimores had arrived, each wearing yesterday's expression: pleasant, aloof, supercilious, sulky.
- The Rover abruptly swung out and roared past, the passenger cop giving them a suspicious but mostly supercilious glare.
- This viewpoint seems to have prevented him from doing more than cast a supercilious eye over the book.
- You looked down your nose like some supercilious llama!
behaving as if you think that other people are less important than you – used to show disapproval SYN self-important: supercilious wine waiters—superciliously adverb—superciliousness noun [uncountable] |