List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 303

SYNONYMS: proud, arrogant, haughty, disdainful, supercilious.
These adjectives mean filled with or marked by a high opinion of oneself and disdain for what one views as being unworthy.

Proud can suggest dignity or justifiable self-respect or self-satisfaction, but it often implies conceit or vanity: There's such a thing as a man being too proud to fight
One who is arrogant is overbearingly proud and demands more power or consideration than is warranted: He was chewing a toothpick with an arrogant sullenness.
Haughty suggests lofty, condescending pride, as by reason of high birth or station: He stood there with a haughty look.
Disdainful emphasizes scorn or contempt: She wore a disdainful smile.
Supercilious implies haughty disdain: His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air