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Antonyms for condescend
ˌkɒn dəˈsɛndcon·de·scend
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condescendverb
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
Synonyms:
patronize, stoop, patronise, descend, lower oneself, deigncondescend, deign, descendverb
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Synonyms:
fall, descend, deign, come down, stoop, derive, patronize, settle, patronise, lower oneself, go down, comecondescend, stoop, lower oneselfverb
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
Synonyms:
descend, bow, deign, stoop, patronize, patronise, bend, lower oneself, crouchpatronize, patronise, condescendverb
treat condescendingly
Synonyms:
sponsor, keep going, descend, buy at, patronage, shop at, stoop, patronize, frequent, patronise, support, shop, lower oneself, deign
How to use condescend in a sentence?
Don't condescend to unskilled labor. Try it for half a day first.
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34727 | scorn | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#113548 | spurn | |
#146325 | condescend |
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