Overview of verb condescend

The verb condescend has 4 senses

• condescend -- (behave in a patronizing and condescending manner)


• condescend, deign, descend -- (do something that one considers to be below one's dignity)


• 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")


• patronize, patronise, condescend -- (treat condescendingly)

Overview of adj condescending

The adj condescending has 1 sense

• arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising -- ((used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension)