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"
