superb
B2
adj
Freq #7665
Meanings
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1
adj
surpassingly good
a superb meal
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2
adj
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
This champagne is superb.
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3
adj
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
a superb edifice; a superb colonnade
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4
adj
Haughty.
A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
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5
adj
of surpassing excellence
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
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Synonyms
5
adj
· of surpassing excellence
brilliant
Word family
Derived forms
superblysuperbness