Definition of supercilious

"supercilious" in the adjective sense

1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

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"- W.L.Shirer

2. supercilious, sneering, snide

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"

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Quotations for supercilious

When reduced by adversity, a man forgets the lofty tone and supercilious language of prosperity.

supercilious in Scrabble®

The word supercilious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters supercilious:

SUPERCILIOUS
(162)
SUPERCILIOUS
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (55 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word supercilious

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In supercilious

SUPERCILIOUS
(162)
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(162)
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(108)
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supercilious in Words With Friends™

The word supercilious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters supercilious:

SUPERCILIOUS
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (55 words)

celsius, closers, closeup, closure, copiers, corpses, coupler, couples, courses, cresols, cruises, cupless, cupules, curious, leprous, liriope, lispers, lossier, lousier, lupuses, ossicle, percuss, pissier, polices, poseurs, process, prussic, pulsers, pursues, pussier, reclips, recoils, recoups, resoils, scruple, serious, slicers, slopers, sluicer, sluices, soupier, sources, spicers, spicier, spicule, splicer, splices, spoiler, sporule, spruces, sucrose, surplus, suspire, uprises, uprouse

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word supercilious

SUPERCILIOUS
(297)
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(279)
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(225)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In supercilious

SUPERCILIOUS
(297)
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(279)
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(225)
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