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condescend
verb, intr condescended, condescending
- 1. To act in a gracious manner towards those one regards as inferior.
2. To be gracious enough to do something, especially as though it were a favour.
- Thesaurus: deign, stoop, descend.
- Gracious.
- Offensively patronizing.
- Thesaurus: superior, haughty, patronizing, imperious, pretentious, supercilious, snobbish, airy; Antonym: humble, approachable.
adverb
noun
- A haughty manner or attitude
- Thesaurus: disdain, haughtiness, airs; Antonym: humility.
