Etymology: [ "kän-di-'send ] (intransitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English condescenden Old French condescendre Late Latin condescendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”) Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”); see descend.
Synonyms: yield, stoop, descend, deign, vouchsafe, patronize, accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, be courteous, bend, come down off high horse, comply, concede, degrade oneself, demean oneself, favor, grant
To consent, agree, To come down, To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something), To treat someone as an inferior, to talk down to someone, behave in a patronizing and condescending manner, voluntarily lower oneself; patronize, act in a proud manner toward others, disapproval If you say that someone condescends to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people. Don't condescend to me, do something that one considers to be below one's dignity, To disregard superiority when engaging with others, disapproval If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it. When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour, treat condescendingly, do something that one considers to be below one's dignity behave in a patronizing and condescending manner, To assume a tone of superiority when it is unjustified, debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail", To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior, To consent, debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" do something that one considers to be below one's dignity behave in a patronizing and condescending manner, Present participle of condescend, Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude, disapproval If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people. I'm fed up with your money and your whole condescending attitude. behaving as though you think you are better, more intelligent, or more important than other people - used to show disapproval, past of condescend, (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension, showing condescension; patronizing, haughty, In a condescending manner, with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats his secretary condescendingly, with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats his secretary condescendingly", in a haughty manner, pridefully, in a patronizing manner, third-person singular of condescend,
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To consent, agree - "Can they think me so broken, so debased / With corporal servitude, that my mind ever / Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton."
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To come down
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To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something) - "Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. --F. W. Robinson."
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To treat someone as an inferior, to talk down to someone - "Don’t condescend to me! I know this as well as you, if not better."
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behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
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voluntarily lower oneself; patronize, act in a proud manner toward others fiil
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disapproval If you say that someone condescends to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people. Don't condescend to me
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do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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To disregard superiority when engaging with others
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disapproval If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it. When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour
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treat condescendingly
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do something that one considers to be below one's dignity behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
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To assume a tone of superiority when it is unjustified
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debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
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To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior
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To consent
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debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" do something that one considers to be below one's dignity behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
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condescending
Present participle of condescend
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condescending
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude - "Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!"
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condescending
disapproval If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people. I'm fed up with your money and your whole condescending attitude. behaving as though you think you are better, more intelligent, or more important than other people - used to show disapproval
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condescended
past of condescend
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condescending
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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condescending
showing condescension; patronizing, haughty sıfat
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condescendingly
In a condescending manner
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condescendingly
with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats his secretary condescendingly
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condescendingly
with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats his secretary condescendingly"
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condescendingly
in a haughty manner, pridefully, in a patronizing manner
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