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supercilious: 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"

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cliquish collapse

snooty collapse

snotty collapse: dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"

scornful collapse

clannish collapse: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior; characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty"

huffy collapse: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"; quick to take offense

sniffy collapse

vainglorious collapse

sneering collapse

lordly collapse

disdainful collapse: 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"- W.L.Shirer

snobbish collapse

presumptuous collapse

toplofty collapse

overbearing collapse

haughty collapse

flippant collapse: showing inappropriate levity

contumelious collapse: arrogantly insolent

insolent collapse

contemptuous collapse: expressing extreme contempt

cavalier collapse: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War; a gallant or courtly gentleman; given to haughty disregard of others

majestic collapse: majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"

withering collapse

exclusive collapse: a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"; excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"; not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication"

arrogant collapse: having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

magisterial collapse: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"

proud collapse: feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"

disdain collapse

blase collapse: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"; very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

aloof collapse: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"; in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

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