supercilious

adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of

those one views as unworthy; "some economists are

disdainful of their colleagues in other social

disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly

manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful

swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";

"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";

"shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood

than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty},

{lordly}, {prideful}, {sniffy}, {swaggering}]

2: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious

smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many

a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: {sneering},

{snide}]