- Types Of Speech
- You can use supercilious as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Supercilious
- A 5 syllables adjective satellite and 12 letters with the letters c, e, i, l, o, p, r, s, and u, 6 consonants, 6 vowels and 5 syllables with the middle letters ci. Supercilious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, su, sup, supe, super, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, lious, ..
- Definition
- 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"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Supercilious is set as a sat word that starts with s, ends with s, 5 syllables, 6 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Supercilious in Pig Latin is said as "upercilioussay or upercilioussway".
- Unigram
- s | u | p | e | r | c | i | l | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- su | up | pe | er | rc | ci | il | li | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- sup | upe | per | erc | rci | cil | ili | lio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- supe | uper | perc | erci | rcil | cili | ilio | liou | ious
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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" - 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 swa
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|---|---|
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| Abusive | characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "abusive punishment" "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |
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| Arrogant | |
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| August | the month following July and preceding September |
| Authoritarian | a person behaves in an tyrannical manner "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" |
| Bantering | cleverly amusing in tone "a bantering tone" "facetious remarks" "tongue-in-cheek advice" |
| Barefaced | unrestrained by convention or propriety "an audacious trick to pull" "a barefaced hypocrite" "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times "bold-faced lies" "brazen arrogance" "the modern world with its quick materi |
View all cognitive synonyms for Supercilious
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Supercilious | 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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in supercilious. Words With The Letters Ceiloprsu
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Uncomplimentary | tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage |
Supercilious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With S
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