condescending

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/, /ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Adjective

condescending (comparative more condescending, superlative most condescending)

  1. Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
    Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!
    • 1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70:
      The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
    • 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".

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Verb

condescending

  1. present participle and gerund of condescend
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