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superciliousness
noun as in arrogance
Strong matches
- airs
- aloofness
- audacity
- bluster
- braggadocio
- brass
- cheek
- chutzpah
- conceit
- conceitedness
- contemptuousness
- crust
- disdain
- disdainfulness
- ego
- egotism
- gall
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high-handedness
- hubris
- imperiousness
- insolence
- loftiness
- lordliness
- nerve
- ostentation
- overbearingness
- pomposity
- pompousness
- presumption
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pride
- pridefulness
- priggishness
- self-importance
- self-love
- smugness
- superiority
- swagger
- vanity
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Example Sentences
From those odd eyes of his, his countenance gathered an air of superciliousness tempered by a gentle melancholy.
It is on many accounts not only wicked, but foolish, to conduct yourselves with provoking superciliousness towards inferiors.
Noted reed-drawers were they too, and looked round upon the other three with some superciliousness.
The superciliousness that lurked in her manner told Venn that thus far he had utterly failed.
Want of punctuality seems to proceed either from pride and superciliousness, or from some infirmity, some weakness of character.
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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to superciliousness, such as: airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, and brass.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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