supercilious C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌsu.pɚˈsɪ.li.əs/ UK /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs/ See IPA manual Freq #72773 Meanings 1 adj expressive of contempt I curled my lip in a supercilious smile. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · expressive of contempt sneeringsnide More haughtycondescendingoverweeningsnooty Word family Forms superciliouslysuperciliousness Related forms supercilium Common collocations supercilious smile Adjective + noun Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”). superciliōsus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # supercilious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌsu.pɚˈsɪ.li.əs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs/ **Frequency rank:** 72773 ## Meanings 1. expressive of contempt ## Examples - I curled my lip in a supercilious smile. ## Synonyms - sneering - snide - haughty - condescending - overweening - snooty ## Related Forms - supercilium ## Roots and Affixes - Root: superciliōsus ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”). ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown