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  • 61Disrespect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disrespect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disrespect disrespect disesteem disestimation Sgm: N 1 disparagement disparagement &c.(dispraise) 932 =>(detraction) ???>934 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 irreverence irreverence …

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  • 62supercilious — su|per|cil|i|ous [ˌsu:pəˈsıliəs US pər ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: superciliosus, from supercilium eyebrow, proud and unfriendly behavior ] behaving as if you think that other people are less important than you used to show… …

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  • 63supercilious — adjective having an air of contemptuous superiority. Derivatives superciliously adverb superciliousness noun Origin C16: from L. superciliosus haughty , from supercilium eyebrow …

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  • 64arrogance — n. Haughtiness, pride, effrontery, assumption, superciliousness, disdain, contumely, lordliness, loftiness, self assertion, assurance, self assurance, self confidence, self conceit, conceitedness, self importance, self sufficiency, self… …

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  • 65assumption — n. 1. Assuming, taking, taking on, taking up, accepting, becoming responsible for. 2. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation. 3. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory. 4. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness,… …

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  • 66contumely — n. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, abuse, contemptuousness, insolence, rudeness, superciliousness, arrogance, scorn, contempt, disdain …

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  • 67haughtiness — n. Arrogance, disdain, superciliousness, contempt, contemptuousness, pride, loftiness, hauteur …

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  • 68hauteur — n. [Fr.] Haughtiness, arrogance, loftiness, disdain, contempt, contemptuousness, superciliousness, pride, self importance …

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  • 69pride — n. 1. Self esteem, self exaltation, self complacency, self sufficiency, conceit, vanity. 2. Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain glory, arrogance, presumption, hauteur. 3. Elevation (of character),… …

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  • 70disdain — I. v. a. Despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath notice. II. n. Scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, superciliousness, arrogance, hauteur …

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