"condescending" in the verb sense
1. condescend
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
2. condescend, deign, descend
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
3. condescend, stoop, lower oneself
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
4. patronize, patronise, condescend
treat condescendingly
"condescending" in the adjective sense
1. arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising
used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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