condescend
verb (used without object)
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
are condescending
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present progressiveof condescend.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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WSJ: So it doesn’t matter if humans who want to debunk conspiracy theories are condescending?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
"If you are sarcastic, if you are condescending, if you trivialize their experiences, kids are not going to talk to you about hard things … because there's not safety in a relationship that's like that."
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2021
Such criticisms are condescending towards his audiences, says Perry.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2018
Many comments from Millennials are dripping with contempt, ridicule and are condescending, also.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2016
And all the people who think they are condescending find they are climbing up a precipice.
From The Ball and the Cross by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
