supercilious

The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive.
Celui qui était vain et autoritaire devient sérieux et traitable.
The vain and supercilious became serious and unobtrusive.
Les hommes vains et hardis devenaient sérieux et discrets.
The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive.
Celui qui était vain et autoritaire devient sérieux et modeste.
I can take it. But every now and then that word "sir" sounds supercilious.
J'encaisse, mais dans votre bouche, le mot a un ton méprisant.
Constitutional regions, in particular, wish to receive respect instead of supercilious treatment from the Member States that have the final say in every instance.
Les régions constitutionnelles en particulier veulent être respectées et non plus méprisées, les États membres dictant leur loi sur tous les plans.
Leaving aside the fact that the reaction itself was quite arrogant and supercilious, Mr Brok allowed the principles of parliamentary democracy, which is based on pluralism of views and freedom of expression by MEPs, to be violated.
Hormis le fait que sa réaction était en elle-même très arrogante et dédaigneuse, M. Brok s'est permis de bafouer les principes de la démocratie parlementaire fondée sur le pluralisme des opinions et la liberté d'expression des députés.
The supercilious expression on Alberto's face said it all.
L'expression hautaine sur le visage d'Alberto en disait long.
Mr. Darcy is so so supercilious.
- M. Darcy est si...
Martina's father was a rather cold, supercilious sort.
Le père de Martina était un homme assez froid et hautain.
Everyone found Gloria's supercilious demeanor rather off-putting.
L'attitude hautaine de Gloria a déplu à tout le monde.
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