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treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity- She gave me that condescending look as though I wasn't worthy to ask her a question.
condescending = treating others as inferior
- My older sister condescended to take me shopping with her.
- Before a cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream.T.S. Eliot - To their mind she was cold and snobbish, condescending, odd.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- Jem condescended to take me to school the first day,Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Not all young people realize how important it is to treat children with respect and dignity instead of condescension.Meg Cabot -- Queen of Babble
- "If your Majesty would condescend to state your case," he remarked, "I should be better able to advise you."Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- She patted my head, but the gesture didn't feel condescending.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- I picked out a man humble enough in life to condescend to talk with one so shabby as I, and got his account of the matter.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Look, could you please lose the condescending tone here?Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- I beg Your Majesty will condescend to forgive me.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- She made no attempt to mask the condescension in her voice.Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
- His voice dripped condescension.Megan Whalen Turner -- The Thief
- Her ladyship, with great condescension, arose to receive them;Jane Austen -- Pride and Prejudice
- ...with a condescending smile.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- ...maybe he's just a condescending know-it-all.Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
- But I couldn't stand the condescension.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- She spoke to the businessman with affection but, at the same time, with condescension.Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- He had no sense of the honour done him and his daughter by the lady's condescension;Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Many were smiling, the condescending leer of the hunter for his cornered victim.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity
condescending = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescended = did something he considered beneath his dignity
condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescend = do something considered beneath your position or dignity
condescending = as though treating others as inferiors
condescend = do something considered beneath one's position or dignity
condescending = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescend = do something considered beneath one's position or dignity
condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors
condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescension = doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
condescending = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescending = treating others as inferior
condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
condescension = the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
condescending = a manner that treats others as inferiors