Translations for „supercilious“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

supercilious [ˈsu:pəˈsɪlɪəs, Am ˌsu:pɚˈsɪlɪəs] ADJ pej

supercilious

надме́нный

supercilious

высокоме́рный

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Others are so supercilious they don't want anything to do with it.

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The problem with a supercilious central bank is the ensuing risk insouciance increases the probability of mistakes.

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He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles.

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Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.

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Often this method failed, as in his supercilious stories.

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Her demeanour was one of humility, and she was never proud or supercilious.

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This woman is a supercilious decorative fig leaf to hide a gigantic crime.

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He's a supercilious, hateful kid whose favorite phrase is a dismissive "blah blah blah," summing up everything he considers boring.

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It comes across as supercilious, just constantly self-promoting.

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Even the prologue is full of incident, with workers' choruses and crazy dances, a silly zoologist and a pair of supercilious skeptical foreigners.

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