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\\\"
\\\"a more swaggering mood than usual\\\"
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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
I resent your supercilious and arrogant attitude. 我討厭你這種目中無人的傲慢態(tài)度。
Parkman occasionally allows a supercilious tone to creep into his writing. 帕克曼間或在文章里流露了高傲的態(tài)度。