| arrogant | adj. proud, overbearing; snootily self-inportant |
| disdain | n. scorn; snooty disapproval or dislike; contempt v. to disdain adj. disdainful |
| fastidious | adj. extremely fussy and particular; meticulous |
| haughty | adj. openly and disdainfully proud; snooty n. hauteur, haughtiness |
| disparage | v. to be little or down grade (someone or something); to decry, depreciate, minimize |
| deprecate | v. to disapprove mildly, with regret adj. deprecatory, hoping to avoid disapproval |
| condescend | v. to come down in level, unbend, stoop |
| supercilious | adj. excessively proud; disdainfully superior |
| contempt | n. total lack of respect; disdain; scorn |
| pretentious | adj. showy, self-important, pompous; insisting on recognition, often unjustifiably |
| scoff | v. to make fun of, mock; to belittle by jeering or contemptuous talk |
| complacent | adj. self-satisfied, smug |