supercilious
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Most memorable is the exit of Pozzo and Lucky that finds Pozzo slowly pushing Lucky in his wheelchair—illustrating the idea that there remains a bedrock of humanity even in this supercilious boor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
He accused her comments of being "supercilious lectures from someone who thinks they are superior on these issues".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
But they are united in their certainty that their decisions, not the gripes of some supercilious state legislators, are the law of the land.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2023
LB has few prospects — and certainly is not interested in pompous developer Darcy Wong, who is as supercilious as he is wealthy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023
He was even more thrilled with the reception the cyclotron was receiving on the skeptical and supercilious East Coast.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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