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She gave me that condescending look as though I wasn't worthy to ask her a question.condescending = acting superior
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My older sister condescended to take me shopping with her.condescended = did something considered beneath her position or dignity
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She tried to sound supportive, but her advice came across as condescending.condescending = acting superior
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“Oh, you did so well for someone like you,” she said in a condescending voice.condescending = talking down to others
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Before a cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream. (source)condescend = do something beneath one's dignity
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"It's only been a day, Isaac," she said, vaguely condescending. "You've gotta give yourself time to heal." (source)condescending = treating him as inferior
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...the sheer exertion it had taken her to live with him for all these years, live with his continual condescension and violence, his faultfinding and meanness. (source)condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiorsstandard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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Many were smiling, the condescending leer of the hunter for his cornered victim. (source)
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Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, (source)condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity
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GEORGE: Don't you condescend to me! (source)condescend = to treat others as inferior
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she asked condescendingly, turning halfway toward him. (source)condescendingly = in a manner that treats others as inferiors
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The spirit of the occasion takes hold of the stately bartender, who condescends to a plate of stewed duck; (source)condescends = as though doing something considered beneath one's position
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She had always consistently ignored the world of outer aspirants, or had recognized its individual members only when prompted by motives of self-interest; and the very capriciousness of her condescensions had, as Lily was aware, given them special value in the eyes of the persons she distinguished.† (source)
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His voice dripped condescension. (source)condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
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Her condescending tone shocked Thomas. (source)condescending = treating others as inferior
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We were stationed in rows, four abreast, and had to wait until the SS control commission under Unter-sturmfiihrer Brandt condescended to come and count us, in case too many of us might be going to escape death. (source)condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity
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