condescending
[ kon-duh-sen-ding ]
adjective
showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
Origin of condescending
1First recorded in 1630–40; condescend + -ing2
Other words for condescending
Other words from condescending
- con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverb
- non·con·de·scend·ing, adjective
- non·con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverb
- non·con·de·scend·ing·ness, noun
- un·con·de·scend·ing, adjective
- un·con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use condescending in a sentence
Under Mr. Bryant the Evening Post was an old-fashioned newspaper of uncondescending, uncompromising dignity.
Recollections of a Varied Life | George Cary Eggleston
British Dictionary definitions for condescending
condescending
/ (ˌkɒndɪˈsɛndɪŋ) /
adjective
showing or implying condescension by stooping to the level of one's inferiors, esp in a patronizing way
Derived forms of condescending
- condescendingly, adverb
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