disdainful (s)
haughty (s)
imperious (s)
lordly (s)
overbearing (s)
prideful (s)
sniffy (s)
supercilious (s)
swaggering (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to proud
Derivationally related form supercilious → superciliousness
Derivationally related form overbearing → overbearingness
Derivationally related form lordly → lordliness
Derivationally related form imperious → imperiousness
Derivationally related form haughty → haughtiness
Derivationally related form disdainful → disdainfulness
Incoming links
Similar to proud
Derived from adjective haughtily → haughty
Derived from adjective disdainfully → disdainful
Derived from adjective imperiously → imperious
Derivationally related form lordliness → lordly
Derivationally related form haughtiness → haughty
Derivationally related form disdainfulness → disdainful
Derivationally related form superciliousness → supercilious
Derivationally related form overbearingness → overbearing
Derivationally related form imperiousness → imperious

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