Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, supercilious, swaggering. "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"
