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Meaning of CONDESCENDING

Pronunciation:  `kândi'sending

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 Definition: [adj]  (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
 
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 Synonyms: arch, patronising, patronizing, superior
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: arrogant, belittling, big, contemptuous, disdainful, domineering, haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-handed, high-hat, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toity, imperious, lofty, overbearing, patronizing, pompous, priggish, proud, purse-proud, sniffy, snippy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, superior, toplofty, uppish, uppity, upstage
 

 

 

 

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