Main entry: disdainful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering, overbearing, prideful, lordly, imperious, haughty
Definition: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Usage: 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- W.L.Shirer