condescending
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Sense: Adjective: patronizing
Synonyms:
snobby, snobbish, disdainful, haughty Collocations, pompous, patronizing, patronising , supercilious, snooty , stuck-up , hoity-toity , contemptuous, uppity, arrogant Collocations, high-handed, high and mighty, superior Collocations, proud Collocations, imperious, belittling, big Collocations
condescend
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Synonyms:
vouchsafe, stoop Collocations, deign, lower oneself, humble oneself, demean oneself, degrade oneself, submit with good grace, patronize Collocations, patronise , assume a superior air, talk down to, lower one's tone, graciously stoop, unbend, accommodate oneself to (one regarded as infer, descend, waive a privilege, favor Collocations, favour , accord Collocations, come down off one's high horse, come down a peg, sing small, be patronising , be patronizing