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| condescend definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | lower oneself | 152 sets | |
| 2 | to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior | 40 sets | |
| 3 | (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior | 34 sets | |
| 4 | to patronize | 33 sets | |
| 5 | to talk down to | 28 sets | |
| 6 | talk down to | 24 sets | |
| 7 | to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior. | 23 sets | |
| 8 | to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you | 23 sets | |
| 9 | to stoop to someone else level usually in an offensive way; to patronize | 22 sets | |
| 10 | to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner | 16 sets | |
| 11 | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | 14 sets | |
| 12 | to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize | 13 sets | |
| 13 | bestow courtesies with a superior air | 12 sets | |
| 14 | to stoop to a lower level | 11 sets | |
| 15 | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | 11 sets | |
| 16 | to lower oneself | 11 sets | |
| 17 | v. to lower oneself to a less formal or less dignified level | 11 sets | |
| 18 | v. to come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. | 10 sets | |
| 19 | to look down upon | 10 sets | |
| 20 | to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior; to behave in an offensively superior manner | 9 sets | |
| 21 | to lower oneself to the level of one considered inferior | 9 sets | |
| 22 | to act as if you are better than someone | 9 sets | |
| 23 | to behave in an offensively superior manner | 9 sets | |
| 24 | to come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors | 8 sets | |
| 25 | v. to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior | 8 sets | |
| 26 | assume an air of superiority | 8 sets | |
| 27 | treat condescendingly | 8 sets | |
| 28 | (v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner | 7 sets | |
| 29 | deign | 7 sets | |
| 30 | to lower oneself to an inferior's level | 6 sets | |
| 31 | to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level | 6 sets | |
| 32 | to do something one feels is beneath one's dignity;to treat people in a patronizing or superior way | 6 sets | |
| 33 | v. to behave in an offensively superior manner | 5 sets | |
| 34 | behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | 5 sets | |
| 35 | stoop, lower oneself | 5 sets | |
| 36 | to talk negatively to someone, to speak to another person as if they are beneath you | 5 sets | |
| 37 | to voluntarily reduce oneself to a lower level; to patronize those of lower position | 5 sets | |
| 38 | to assume an air of superiority | 5 sets | |
| 39 | to come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. | 5 sets | |
| 40 | to come down to another's level, deign | 5 sets | |