haughty and condescending manner

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• condescending — adjective she looked us up and down in a condescending manner Syn: patronizing, supercilious, superior, snobbish, snobby, disdainful, lofty, haughty; informal snooty, stuck up …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• stoop — {vb Stoop, condescend, deign can mean to descend below the level (as in rank or dignity) where one belongs or thinks he belongs to do something. Stoop implies a descent not only in rank or dignity but also, and more often, from a relatively high… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• high horse — noun an attitude of arrogant superiority get off your high horse and admit you are wrong • Hypernyms: ↑attitude, ↑mental attitude * * * noun 1. : an unyielding, pretentious, or arrogant mood : a high and mighty air or attitude …   Useful english dictionary