herablassend — meaning in English
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English meaning
- condescending adjective Showing a superior, patronizing attitude toward someone.
- supercilious adjective Behaving as though other people are inferior, in a haughty and dismissive way.
- surly adj Bad-tempered, unfriendly, and rude in manner.
Senses
herablassend is used for these senses in English:
- condescending Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
- deprecating In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
- dismissively In a dismissive manner
- lordly Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- supercilious Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
- surly (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
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