Characterized by an attitude of superiority and a disdainful manner.
He looked down at me, a small smile on his face, his eyes full of a deep, silent judgment. It was clear he thought he was better than everyone else in the room, his whole posture screaming that he felt superior and looked down on us all with a disdainful air.
The new intern, barely out of school, looked at the ancient, grimy lever with a supercilious sniff. He clearly thought his engineering degree made him better than anyone who'd ever used this rickety contraption to control the flow of artisanal yak milk.
The new intern, a notoriously supercilious young man, looked down his nose at the worn-out, mud-caked boots. He didn't offer to help mend the cracked solar panel that powered their hydroponic moss farm, just huffed and adjusted his spotless lab coat.
The cat, with a supercilious gaze, watched the dog chase its tail. It clearly thought, "Silly slob, you'll never catch it." The cat's twitching ear suggested it found the whole spectacle quite amusing, a display of pure, unadulterated feline superiority.
The hamster, Bartholomew, puffed out his cheeks, surveying the other pets from his cedar-chip throne. His tiny eyes narrowed, a supercilious expression dawning as he watched the goldfish swim in lazy circles. Clearly, Bartholomew found their aquatic existence utterly beneath him.
The gallery owner, with a supercilious smirk, barely glanced at my painting. He acted like my art was a personal insult, his nose high in the air as if he alone understood true beauty. His disdainful attitude made me feel small.
The new curator, with a barely veiled smirk and a flick of her wrist, dismissed the ancient artifact as "quaint." Her supercilious air made it clear she thought our small town museum was beneath her, her gaze sweeping over us with an obvious sense of disdain for our lack of sophisticated taste.
The self-appointed curator, with a supercilious tilt of his chin, dismissed the holographic sculpture. He'd clearly spent more time admiring his own reflection in the polished chrome than understanding the artist's intent. His sniff of disapproval was loud enough to make the delicate light particles shimmer.
Bartholomew, with a *supercilious* sniff, surveyed the lukewarm tea. He'd expected Earl Grey, not this… *thing*. He imagined dragons, not tepid water, and was clearly annoyed his tastebuds weren't being treated like royalty.
Barnaby, sporting a monocle fashioned from a bottle cap, surveyed the pigeon gathering with a supercilious air. He sniffed, convinced his sourdough starter was far more cultured than their stale crusts, their cooing a pathetic testament to their unrefined palates.
He surveyed the room with a supercilious smirk, clearly believing himself above everyone else. His gaze swept over the commoners with a disdainful air, as if their presence somehow offended his superior sensibilities.
The curator, with a tiny sneer, surveyed the visitor's earnest, albeit clumsy, attempt to appreciate the ancient astrolabe. His expression was entirely supercilious, a clear signal that the visitor’s understanding of celestial mechanics was far below his own elevated status.
The seasoned cryptid hunter, accustomed to skepticism, offered a supercilious smile when the rookie presented his blurry Bigfoot photo, as if the very notion of proof was beneath his notice.
Percival adjusted his monocle with a supercilious air, surveying the peasants attempting to assemble IKEA furniture. He sniffed disdainfully at their struggles, clearly believing his superior intellect and posture alone could vanquish a rogue Allen wrench.
The prize-winning rutabaga, Bartholomew, regarded the other vegetables with a supercilious air, its leafy fronds practically quivering with disdain for their commoner status. It had heard whispers of a royal decree favoring its unique, slightly-more-purple hue, and its internal monologue was a symphony of self-congratulation.
He surveyed the assembled guests with a supercilious smirk, his gaze dismissive of their humble attire and boisterous conversation. Their simple joy was beneath his notice, a testament to their vulgar lack of refinement.
The astrophysicist, perched on her stool, regarded the crude model of the exoplanet with a supercilious sneer. Her pronouncements, delivered in a glacial tone, implied the presenter’s intellectual ineptitude was a cosmic anomaly, a blight on the very fabric of scientific inquiry.
The seasoned horologist, accustomed to the intricate ballet of minuscule gears and escapements, regarded the novice’s crude attempts at a pocket watch restoration with a supercilious smirk. His gaze, accustomed to perfection, flickered dismissively over the amateur’s haphazardly applied lubricants.
The debutante, swaddled in ermine and radiating an aura of unearned privilege, surveyed the assembled throng with a decidedly supercilious air. Her nose, a delicate instrument for sniffing out the plebeian, twitched disdainfully at the very notion of anyone present possessing her impeccable lineage.
The esteemed entomologist, a veritable polymath in the realm of phasmids, surveyed the minuscule creature with a supercilious gaze. "Honestly, a mere *Pterinoxylus spinifer*," he huffed, adjusting his monocle. "Such pedestrian anatomy, barely worth cataloging for the discerning connoisseur of chitinous marvels."
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.