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condescended Definition


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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.
Derivative: condescending
    Gracious.
    Offensively patronizing.
      Thesaurus: superior, haughty, patronizing, imperious, pretentious, supercilious, snobbish, airy; Antonym: humble, approachable.
Derivative: condescendingly
adverb
    Derivative: condescension
    noun
      A haughty manner or attitude
        Thesaurus: disdain, haughtiness, airs; Antonym: humility.
    Etymology: 15c: from Latin condescendere, from descendere to descend.



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