condescending
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
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condescendiente
- She spoke to the new employees in a condescending tone, as if they were inexperienced children.
- a condescending attitude
- a condescending tone
- sounds condescending
I was a kind of a condescending jerk to somebody at work.
- I was a kind of a condescending jerk to somebody at work.
- They're like, well, you're just delusional or it's it's a very disempowering, condescending position.
- Rolling eyes, judgment and condescending comments.
- They have to say it with that ethereal, breathy, condescending tone.
- That smug response means that he's being condescending.
- I think he's, I think he's condescending, demeaning, rude, arrogant at times, right.
- And they said most of our customers prefer the passion fruit, the sing songy, condescending tone.
- Oh no, they can't express their full range of normal cat emotions, from scornful to condescending to really, you're going out dressed like that?
- Unsolicited advice can also can can very often feel condescending, like we don't know what it is that we need to do.
- It never at any point felt condescending and I feel like Dark Academia really toes that line with being very judgmental and condescending.
- That he had a condescending and demanding tone Gad and that he failed to make their learning and well-being a priority.
- Quick to be insulting, condescending, things of that throw shade, right?
- And his initial reaction to the data that she showed him was a condescending rubbish, my dear.
- You know, I mean, just this condescending.
Examples
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Hank sees it as ironic and condescending, as would anyone who knows American Major League Baseball.
Academic text (2000) -
From the beginning, he was dismissive, almost condescending, assuring me he would clear up my problem immediately.
Academic text (1994) -
It's really condescending, and I hate it.
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You think it's cute to be condescending to people just because they happen to be older than you?
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Do you have to refer to me in that condescending way?
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Could you be a little more condescending?
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Kind words regarding a photograph may seem condescending if they have no substance.
Academic text (2010) -
Why must you be so condescending, Mr. Haig?
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Counselors must be careful to avoid communication that appears to be condescending or patronizing.
Academic text (2004) -
His attitude annoyed her; he was faintly condescending and somewhat amused by her.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
43
5.6
Acting as if someone or something is not important
22
7.7
Treating someone as if they are less able or important
20
8.2
Acting as if you are better than other people
16
7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
16
6.3
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
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8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
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8.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
8.0
Acting very proud and treating others as unimportant
Showing off and acting more important than others
Acting like you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Condescending
Surface Forms
Morphology
condescending = condescend (semi-transparent) = condescend + ing
The adjective is formed directly from the verb 'condescend' by adding the participial suffix '-ing', a straightforward derivation.
Etymology
Condescending comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and descendere 'to go down', like the English word descend. It once meant to 'stoop down' to someone, and today it means acting as if you are better than others, which fits the image of 'coming down' to someone while still feeling above them.