- superciliousness
- сущ. высокомерие, надменность Syn : haughtiness, arrogance
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superciliousness — index disdain, disrespect, pride Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
superciliousness — supercilious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having an air of contemptuous superiority. DERIVATIVES superciliously adverb superciliousness noun. ORIGIN Latin superciliosus haughty , from supercilium eyebrow … English terms dictionary
Superciliousness — Supercilious Su per*cil i*ous, a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
superciliousness — noun see supercilious … New Collegiate Dictionary
superciliousness — See superciliously. * * * … Universalium
superciliousness — noun The state or quality of being supercilious … Wiktionary
superciliousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being arrogant: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, proudness, superiority. See ATTITUDE … English dictionary for students
superciliousness — su·per cil·i·ous·ness || ‚suËpÉ™(r)sɪlɪəsnɪs n. arrogance, pride, haughtiness … English contemporary dictionary
superciliousness — su·per·cil·ious·ness … English syllables
superciliousness — See: supercilious … English dictionary
superciliousness — su·per·cil·i·ous (so͞o′pər sĭl’ē əs) adj. ▸ Feeling or showing haughty disdain. See Synonyms at ARROGANT(Cf. ↑arrogant). ╂ [Latin superciliōsus, from supercilium, eyebrow, pride : super , super + cilium, lower eyelid; see kel 1.]… … Word Histories
