condescend
verb (used without object)
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
is condescending
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present progressiveof condescend (3rd person singular).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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When the two first meet in a dressing room during the pilot, Jaymes is gracious while Barnes is condescending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
To providers themselves, however, this is condescending, victim-blaming nonsense.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Buckley is condescending even to Norman Mailer, a far more dangerous diversion.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
While I applaud the work of this group, I’m deflated by the terminology, which is condescending.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
It has been thought that the whole of the last part of i. v., from the entrance of Horatio and Marcellus, follows the old play closely, and that Shakespeare is condescending to the groundlings.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley
