condescend

[US]/ˌkɒndɪˈsend/
[UK]/ˌkɑːndɪˈsend/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to behave in a way that shows kindness and graciousness, sometimes by stooping down to someone's level.

Example Sentences

a condescending attitude

take care not to condescend to your reader.

hate to be condescended to

Would you condescend to accompany me?

he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer.

The king condescended to eat with the beggars.

won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;

He never condescends to speak to me.

I saw that he had condescended to me.

It is said the general condescended to eat with the soldiers every Sunday.

The king condescended to take advice from his servants.

we'll be waiting for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear.

I didn’t like his tone of voice; I felt he was being condescending.

He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women.

and sometimes condescending to act a part on the theatre of superstition, they concealed the sentiments of an atheist under the sacerdotal robes.

"Mrs Smith is always condescending, so her neighbours keep her at arm's length."

I want to know why the press focus their bile on Mourinho and Chelsea and let this arrogant condescending tosspot get away with risking the future of our national game - no questions asked?

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