All 9 Uses of
condescending
in
Babbitt
- As the man climbed in Babbitt condescended, "Going clear down-town?†
Chpt 3
- When she condescended to be good-humored she was nervously amusing.†
Chpt 10
- ...Babbitt accepted favors with the condescension one always shows a patient nurse.
Chpt 11 *condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
- Now they were men and women of the world, very supercilious men and women; the boys condescended to Babbitt, they wore evening-clothes, and with hauteur they accepted cigarettes from silver cases.†
Chpt 18
- Thanks!" they condescended.†
Chpt 18
- Babbitt, revolving his hat like a defaulting poor tenant, winced so visibly that Maxwell condescended: "I don't like to hurt your feelings, but you see we both want to do our best for Riesling, and we mustn't consider any other factor.†
Chpt 22
- When he mentioned his friends Sir Gerald Doak, Lord Wycombe, William Washington Eathorne, and Chum Frink, he was proud of their condescending interest.†
Chpt 29
- Babbitt, under the name of "Old Georgie," was now a pioneer of the Bunch, since each month it changed half its membership and he who could recall the prehistoric days of a fortnight ago, before Mrs. Absolom, the food-demonstrator, had gone to Indianapolis, and Mac had "got sore at" Minnie, was a venerable leader and able to condescend to new Petes and Minnies and Gladyses.†
Chpt 29
- But fact is, I belong to so many organizations now that I can't do 'em justice, and I want to think it over before I decide about coming into the G.C.L." Colonel Snow condescended, "Oh, no, I'm not exaggerating!†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity