The supercilious billionaire couldn't stand the idea of sharing public transit with the common folk.
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Supercilious
//ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs//
Synonyms for "supercilious" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- арога́нтен adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- високоме́рен adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- надме́нен adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 傲慢 adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- 驕傲 /骄傲 adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- 高傲 adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Dutch
4 entries- aanmatigend adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- arrogant adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- denigrerend adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- hautain adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Finnish
1 entries- ylenkatseellinen adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
French
1 entries- hautain adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Galician
1 entries- altivo adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
German
4 entries- anmaßend adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- arrogant adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- herablassend adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- hochmütig adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Greek
2 entries- υπεροπτικός adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- υπερφίαλος adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Ido
1 entries- superba adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Irish
1 entries- mórtasach adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Italian
2 entries- altezzoso adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- sdegnoso adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Latin
2 entries- superbus adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- superciliōsus adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pasikėlęs adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Macedonian
1 entries- на́дмен adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Norwegian
1 entries- hovmodig adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Old Armenian
2 entries- հպարտ adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- սէգ adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بورونلو adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Polish
2 entries- wyniosły adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- zarozumiały adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Portuguese
3 entries- altivo adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- soberbo adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- supercilioso adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Russian
2 entries- высокоме́рный adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- надме́нный adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àrdanach adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Sicilian
2 entries- sticchiuni adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- sticchiusu adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Spanish
1 entries- altivo adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Swedish
2 entries- högdragen adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
- högfärdig adj (showing contemptuous indifference)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She grinned and looked at him with that supercilious expression she usually wore.
Source: tatoeba (11700614)
The supercilious air she took on when she had to share a room with poor people made her friends cringe every time.
Source: tatoeba (13151073)
[H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […]
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