All 9 Uses of
condescending
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- My grandmother was outraged that there were people who actually dared to condescend to her—to treat her like some provincial fussbudget.†
p. 112..9
- He is not exactly condescending, Canon Mackie; he is inexactly condescending.†
p. 227..5
- He is not exactly condescending, Canon Mackie; he is inexactly condescending.†
p. 227..5
- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, for example; they were an education in condescension to women—all by themselves, they created sexual stereotypes!†
p. 245..1
- "She's just a Sawyer Depot kind of girl," Noah said condescendingly.†
p. 297..2
- I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK I'M CONDESCENDING, BUT WORKING WITH GRANITE IS A LOT LIKE WRITING A TERM PAPER—IT'S THE FIRST DRAFT THAT CAN KILL YOU.†
p. 442..7
- She's one of those who tells you that if you teach a Canadian author in the Canadian Literature course, you're condescending to Canadians—by not teaching them in another literature course.†
p. 537..7
- And if you "use them up" in another literature course, then she'll ask you what you think is "wrong" with Canadian Literature; she'll say you're being condescending to Canadians.†
p. 537..8
- "You sound positively converted," Mr. Merrill said condescendingly.†
p. 550..7 *
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity