condescending
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/, /ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Adjective[edit]
condescending (comparative more condescending, superlative most condescending)
- Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
- Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!
- 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
- As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
Synonyms[edit]
- (assuming a tone of superiority): patronizing
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Translations[edit]
assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude
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Verb[edit]
condescending
- present participle and gerund of condescend