CONDESCENDING Synonyms

• having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

• a belittling comment

• the act of belittling

• tending to diminish or disparage

• causing awareness of your shortcomings

• expressing extreme contempt

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

• neither feeling nor showing respect

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• expressing extreme contempt

• befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

• (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

• come as if by falling

• assume sponsorship of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• treat condescendingly

• be a regular customer or client of

• an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

• basin for holy water

• small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

• descend swiftly, as if on prey

• sag, bend, bend over or down

• carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward

• to agree or express agreement

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• express a negative opinion of

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• assume sponsorship of

• treat condescendingly

• be a regular customer or client of

• grant in a condescending manner

• production of a certain amount

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• an amount of a product

• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

• be the cause or source of

• end resistance, as under pressure or force

• give or supply

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• give in, as to influence or pressure

• move in order to make room for someone for something

• cause to happen or be responsible for

• be willing to concede

• be fatally overwhelmed

• bring in

• be flexible under stress of physical force

• cease opposition; stop fighting

• consent reluctantly