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