zniżyć się — meaning in English
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English meaning
- condescend verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.
Senses
zniżyć się is used for these senses in English:
- condescend To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
- stoop To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
condescend — full definition
- verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- verb To do something considered beneath one's status, often reluctantly.
stoop — full definition
- verb To bend the body forward and down.
- verb To lower oneself morally by doing something beneath one's standards.
- noun A small staircase or platform leading up to a house entrance, especially in American row houses.