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condescendingverbpresent participle of condescend to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignityI will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated in order to win the race deigning, stooping abasing, debasing, degrading, demeaning, discrediting, disgracing, dishonoring, humbling, humiliating, lowering, shaming rising to assume or treat with an air of superioritywealthy people who tend to be condescending toward their poor relations lording (it over), patronizing, talking down (to) cold-shouldering, cutting, high-hatting, slighting, snubbingqueening (it over) in 1660 |