superciliousness
111haughtiness — noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑hauteur, ↑high handedness, ↑lordliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly (for: ↑lordliness), ↑ …
112high-handedness — noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑haughtiness, ↑hauteur, ↑lordliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly (for: ↑lordliness), ↑ …
113lordliness — noun 1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑haughtiness, ↑hauteur, ↑high handedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly, ↑high handed (for …
114overbearing — adjective 1. expecting unquestioning obedience (Freq. 2) the timid child of authoritarian parents insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter • Syn: ↑authoritarian, ↑dictatorial • Similar to: ↑domineering …
115prideful — adjective 1. 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… …
116smack — 1. n., v., & adv. n. 1 a sharp slap or blow esp. with the palm of the hand or a flat object. 2 a hard hit at cricket etc. 3 a loud kiss (gave her a hearty smack). 4 a loud sharp sound (heard the smack as it hit the floor). v. 1 tr. strike with… …
117sneering — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑supercilious, ↑snide • Similar to: ↑unco …
118supercilious — adj. assuming an air of contemptuous indifference or superiority. Derivatives: superciliously adv. superciliousness n. Etymology: L superciliosus (as SUPERCILIARY) …
119swaggering — adjective 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy (Freq. 2) some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines haughty aristocrats his lordly manners were offensive… …
120ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …
