Antonyms for supercilious
ˌsu pərˈsɪl i əssu·per·cil·ious

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1. supercilious

   Antonyms:
   affable, courteous, respectful, modest, bashful

   Synonyms:
   haughty, contemptuous, disdainful, arrogant, i solent

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1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggeringadjective

   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 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

   Antonyms:
   complimentary, humble

   Synonyms:
   swashbuckling, disdainful, jubilant, exulting, authoritarian, triumphal, contemptuous, triumphant, imperious, sniffy, insulting, prideful, exultant, rejoicing, overbearing, haughty, grand, scornful, august, lordly, sneering, swaggering, snide, dictatorial

2. supercilious, sneering, snideadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   complimentary, humble

   Synonyms:
   sniffy, haughty, imperious, disdainful, swaggering, overbearing, sneering, prideful, snide, lordly

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