More or less literally, raising one's eyebrow in disdain. Often this is combined with raising the nose and chin as though smelling or seeing something offensive. Used to express contempt and superiority.
Lord Cyril expressed his low opinion of Reggie's Socialist rant with a supercilious sneer.
by Marchbanks May 2, 2004
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Those brits are so supercilious with their noses in the air.
by Anonymous September 13, 2003
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Supercilious means full of arrogance and acting like one doesn't care at all and is indifferent, as if that person is a royal King or Queen.
In the ingenious SAT prep book "Up Your Score" the example sentence for supercilious goes: "The supercilious person said, "I am perfect, but you are a super silly ass."
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I heard George W. Bush can't pronounce his own nickname: "supercilious." And spell it? Hah!
by marco April 9, 2005
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adjective-feeling or showing haughty disdain
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When someone rides in on their high horse spreading hate, all while using their opinion of something or someone as the excuse for their hated.
Try not to have such supercilious hate for Trump, he’s not worth the damage it will do to you.
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