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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower oneself |
| Synonyms: | condescend, consent, deem worthy, patronize, see fit, stoop, think fit, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | be proud, hold head high |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
| Synonyms: | abase, bemean, cast down, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend |
| Synonyms: | be gracious to, be lofty, be overbearing, deign, favor, indulge, look down on, pat on the back, snub, stoop, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, treat as inferior, treat badly, treat like a child |
| Antonyms: | be humble, be modest |
Example Sentences
- Whom she affects, she wants no mind to deign.
- The wife of the star pitcher would, very likely, not deign to speak to the wife of the utility shortstop.
- The new restaurant -- christened Baldoria -- will actually deign to accept them, unlike the old.
| Main Entry: | stoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend; lower oneself to another |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, act beneath oneself, concede, debase oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, oblige, patronize, relax, resort, sink, thaw, unbend, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | vouchsafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit |
| Synonyms: | award, bestow, concede, condescend, deign, favor, give, grant, yield |
| Antonyms: | refuse, withhold |
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