arch

• (s) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension condescending, patronising, patronizing,
• (s) expert in skulduggery
  • an arch criminal
• (s) naughtily or annoyingly playful
  • teasing and worrying with impish laughter
  • a wicked prank
  impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked,

Nouns

• (n) a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
• (n) a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
• (n) a passageway under a curved masonry construction
  • they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory
  archway,
• (n) (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Verbs

• (v) form an arch or curve
  • her back arches
  • her hips curve nicely
  arc, curve,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity