"condescending" meaning in English

See condescending in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-condescending.ogg Forms: more condescending [comparative], most condescending [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} condescending (comparative more condescending, superlative most condescending)
  1. Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (assuming a tone of superiority): patronizing Derived forms: condescendingly, condescendingness, uncondescending Related terms: condescendence, condescension Translations (assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude): paternalista (Catalan), 傲慢的 (Chinese Mandarin), blahosklonný [masculine] (Czech), nedladende (Danish), neerbuigend (Dutch), aanmatigend (Dutch), betuttelend (Dutch), ylimielinen (english: tone of superiority) (Finnish), alentava (Finnish), alentuva (english: patronizing attitude) (Finnish), condescendant (French), herablassend (German), συγκαταβατικός (sygkatavatikós) [masculine] (Greek), מתנשא (mitnasé) [masculine] (Hebrew), leereszkedő (Hungarian), fölényeskedő (Hungarian), fölényes (Hungarian), vállveregető (Hungarian), 上目線 (uemesen) (alt: うえめせん) (Japanese), 上から目線 (uekaramesen) (alt: うえからめせん) (Japanese), iecietīgs [masculine] (Latvian), сни́сходлив (sníshodliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), на́дмен (nádmen) [masculine] (Macedonian), nedlatende (Norwegian Bokmål), nedlatande (Norwegian Nynorsk), protekcjonalny (Polish), condescendente (Portuguese), снисходи́тельный (snisxodítelʹnyj) (Russian), mì-uasal (Scottish Gaelic), снисхо̀дљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), snishòdljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), condescendiente (english: false friend) (Spanish), paternalista (Spanish), nedlåtande (Swedish), von oben (Swedish), จองหองพองขน (jong-hŏng pong kŏn) (Thai), aşağılayıcı (Turkish), trịch thượng (Vietnamese)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-condescending.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} condescending
  1. present participle and gerund of condescend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: condescend
    Sense id: en-condescending-en-verb-tKtAwDkW

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          "text": "Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!",
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          "ref": "1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:",
          "text": "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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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "paternalista"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "傲慢的"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "word": "blahosklonný"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "nedladende"
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          "word": "neerbuigend"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "betuttelend"
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          "english": "tone of superiority",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "ylimielinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "alentava"
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          "english": "patronizing attitude",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "condescendant"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "herablassend"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sygkatavatikós",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "word": "συγκαταβατικός"
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "mitnasé",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "word": "מתנשא"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "leereszkedő"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "fölényeskedő"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "vállveregető"
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          "alt": "うえめせん",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "uemesen",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "上目線"
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          "alt": "うえからめせん",
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          "roman": "uekaramesen",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "protekcjonalny"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "roman": "snisxodítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "english": "false friend",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "word": "nedlåtande"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "von oben"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
          "word": "จองหองพองขน"
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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          "text": "Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!",
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          "ref": "1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:",
          "text": "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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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/",
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      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "paternalista"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "傲慢的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "blahosklonný"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "nedladende"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "neerbuigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "aanmatigend"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "betuttelend"
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      "english": "tone of superiority",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "ylimielinen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "alentava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "patronizing attitude",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "alentuva"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "condescendant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "herablassend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkatavatikós",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "συγκαταβατικός"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mitnasé",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "מתנשא"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "leereszkedő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "fölényeskedő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "fölényes"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "vállveregető"
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      "alt": "うえめせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uemesen",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "上目線"
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      "alt": "うえからめせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uekaramesen",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "上から目線"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "iecietīgs"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sníshodliv",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сни́сходлив"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nádmen",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "nedlatende"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "protekcjonalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "condescendente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snisxodítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "снисходи́тельный"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "mì-uasal"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "снисхо̀дљив"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snishòdljiv"
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "false friend",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "condescendiente"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "paternalista"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "nedlåtande"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "von oben"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jong-hŏng pong kŏn",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "จองหองพองขน"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "aşağılayıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude",
      "word": "trịch thượng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "condescending"
}

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