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con·de·scend·ing

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–adjective

showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.

[Origin: 1630–40; condescend + -ing²

]

—Related forms

con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms patronizing, disdainful, supercilious.

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con·de·scend Audio Help (kŏn'dĭ-sěnd') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends

To descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower oneself. See Synonyms at stoop¹.
To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner.

[Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dēscendere, to descend; see descend.]

con'de·scend'er n.

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con·de·scend·ing Audio Help (kŏn'dĭ-sěn'dĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude: "The independent investor's desire to play individual stocks may well worry some market veterans, but that smacks a little of Wall Street's usual condescending attitude toward small investors" (Tom Petruno).

con'de·scend'ing·ly adv.

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condescending
adjective
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension [syn: arch]

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ˌcondeˈscending adjective

giving the impression that one is superior
Example: a condescending manner

Arabic:	مُتَنازِل، مُعْطٍ الشُّعور بأنَّهُ أعْلى
Chinese (Simplified):	带着优越感表示关心的
Chinese (Traditional):	表現出优越感的﹐居高臨下的
Czech:	povýšený, blahosklonný
Danish:	nedladende
Dutch:	neerbuigend
Estonian:	üleolevalt armulik
Finnish:	alentuva
French:	condescendant
German:	herablassend
Greek:	συγκαταβατικός
Hungarian:	lekezelő
Icelandic:	yfirlætisfullur
Indonesian:	angkuh
Italian:	accondiscendente

Japanese:	恩にきせるような
Korean:	(아랫 사람에 대해) 일부러 겸손한; 깔보는 듯한
Latvian:	augstprātīgi labvēlīgs
Lithuanian:	globėjiškas, pakantus
Norwegian:	nedlatende
Polish:	protekcjonalny
Portuguese (Brazil):	condescendente
Portuguese (Portugal):	sobranceiro
Romanian:	condescendent
Russian:	снисходительный
Slovak:	blahosklonný
Slovenian:	vzvišen
Spanish:	condescendiente
Swedish:	nedlåtande
Turkish:	tenezzül eden, küçümseyen