1. (

• august ,
• grand ,
• lordly

) of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" ;

2. (

• disdainful ,
• haughty ,
• imperious ,
• lordly ,
• overbearing ,
• prideful ,
• sniffy ,
• supercilious ,
• swaggering

) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "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 ;