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supercilious - Dictionary definition and meaning for supercilious

SUPERCILIOUS

(adj.) 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"
synonyms : sneering , snide
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : disdainful , haughty , imperious , lordly , overbearing , prideful , sniffy , swaggering
The imperious villain usually dies in the hand of hero in most of the movies. -added by bluegenetic

Mnemonics for supercilious

(Tag: ) split it like SUPER+CILI(sounds like SILLY)+o+US......now think of our SUPER SENIORs in our college . ..who were very ARROGANT IN NATURE..and were very keen to exhibit their superiority over us hence treated us in a very silly way..
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(Tag: ) but basically this word is taken from latin supercilium...which when splited means super + cilium means eyelid.....so moving your eyelid in a way which exhibit your pride......and arrogance...
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(Tag: ) Supercilious = Super + chilly(ous) i.e. when we eat food with a Super amount (a lot of) of chilly we express contempt towards the person who cooked it.
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(Tag: English) super-chilli-ous chilli means hot and can also be related to arrogant
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(Tag: ) split the word super+cilia+ ous: Cilia means hair.so supercilia can assumed to mean someone with lots of hair,long haired,john abraham wannabe's.These guy usually come of as arrogant.
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(Tag: ) super(above)+ cilia (hair): Think of a person's condescending, patronizing expression where he/she lifts one eyebrow up.
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