All 7 Uses of
condescending
in
Looking for Alaska
- He's so condescending."†
p. 33..9
- "He has no right to condescend to us is all I'm saying," Alaska said, continuing her conversation with the Colonel.†
p. 42..5 *
- Her "sweetie" felt condescending, not romantic, like a boy enduring his first biblical rainstorm couldn't possibly understand her problems—whatever they were.†
p. 68..8
- "Pudge," she said, faux-condescending, "the sound is an integral part of the artistic experience of this video game.†
p. 74..9
- He was just scared that we would act like condescending boarding-school snobs.†
p. 92..5
- I already know what she told me, and that's all I need to know, and you can be a condescending prick as long as you'd like, but I'm not going to sit around and chat with you about how goddamned much she loved Jake!†
p. 170..7
- I screamed because the Colonel was a self-satisfied, condescending bastard, and I screamed because he was right, for I did want to believe that I'd had a secret love affair with Alaska.†
p. 171..6
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity