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condescender — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • condescend verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
  • consent verb To agree to something or give permission for it.
  • endure verb To keep going through something difficult; to survive hardship.
  • patronize verb To talk to someone in a way that shows you think you are smarter or better than them.

Senses

condescender 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.
  • consent (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
  • endure To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  • patronize (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

condescend — full definition

  1. verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
  2. verb To do something considered beneath one's status, often reluctantly.

consent — full definition

  1. verb To agree to something or give permission for it.
  2. noun Permission or voluntary agreement to something.

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