Definitions for supercilious

supercilious su·per·cil·i·ous

Spelling: [soo-per-sil-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˌsu pərˈsɪl i əs/

Supercilious is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 967 anagrams from letters in supercilious (ceiiloprssuu).

Definitions for supercilious

adjective

  1. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Origin of supercilious

From the Latin word superciliōsus, dating back to 1520-30. See supercilium, -ous

Examples for supercilious

Wrayson looked at him for a moment in supercilious surprise.

"Not particularly," she replied, still chirpy as to tone and supercilious as to her manner.

I asked him if, when he said his prayers, he was so supercilious as to pray for his daily biscuits.

This, in a supercilious air, while she drew from the narghilah the smoke, which I could not relish.

Gore comes off as a supercilious grandstander who gets swatted away dismissively by the brilliant Bill Clinton.

To point that out, of course, will only strengthen her sense of being persecuted by supercilious elites.

Too often, it's just our supercilious attitude to this thing called relief.

He never saluted me with other than what I regarded as a supercilious nod of the head.

In the classes above them the supernatural has been slain by the supercilious.

He had passed her with his haughty, supercilious air, pretending not to recognize her.

Word Value for supercilious
Scrable

16

Words with friends

21

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