superb
suu-PURB/suˈpɝb/UKsyoo-PURB/sjuːˈpɜːb/
- 1Extremely good: much better than what you usually see.
Like scoring full marks on a hard test.
The food at that little café was superb.
She did a superb job on her science project.
Similarexcellent, outstanding, magnificent, superlative, brilliant
- 2Grand and very impressive in size or appearance.
Like a grand castle that makes you stop and stare.
The palace had a superb marble staircase that swept up two floors.
From the hilltop, the city spread out in a superb sweep of domes and towers.
Similarmagnificent, splendid, grand, majestic, stately
- 3Proud and acting as if better than everyone else.
A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
1858, Julia Kavanagh, AdèleHere, superb means proud and scornful.Similarhaughty, proud, disdainful, arrogant
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Origin
It comes from the Latin word "superbus".