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Adjective: condescending  `kóndi'sending
  1. (used of behaviour or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
    - arch, patronizing, patronising [Brit]
Verb: condescend  `kóndi'send
  1. Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
     
  2. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
    - deign, descend
     
  3. Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonourable way
    - stoop, lower oneself
     
  4. Treat condescendingly
    - patronize, patronise [Brit]

See also: condescendingness, condescension, superior

Type of: act, interact, move