WordNet
act superior
v. act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students" [syn: lord it over, queen it over, put on airs]
Usage examples of "act superior".
More important, though, Dyson's feelings were hurt He'd always admired Harris--a man whose book learning didn't make him act superior about it.
Unfortunately, they also wanted to act superior about their own reticence.
Most vagrants resented a successful attempt to stop drinking, on the grounds that there's nothing worse than somebody trying to act superior.
One did not dare to act superior to men who dosed themselves with illegal substances.