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condescends

VERB

stoop, humble oneself

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodate accord acquiesce agree bend comply concede deign descend favor grant oblige submit unbend vouchsafe yield

WEAK

be courteous come down off high horse degrade oneself demean oneself high hat lower oneself see fit talk down to toss a few crumbs

Antonyms

STRONG

contradict decline deny disagree disallow disapprove disobey dispute dissent fight hinder oppose prevent protest refuse reject resist veto withhold

WEAK

rise above

Example Sentences

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In the American psyche, it’s the Miss Millie story line from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” about someone so blinded by a conception of her own virtue that it doesn’t register when she condescends.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

He condescends; she bites back: “You always smile when you insult me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

"Three 'verys'. Wow," he condescends, then signals her to lay her pitch on him.

From Salon • May 8, 2023

Hopkins, a graduate of Winchester school and Cambridge University, condescends to his neighbors in Beadle.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

Once she condescends to the iniquity of "proceeding to take," than which "commencing" is only one stage lower in literary vulgarity; and many of her sentences are as clumsy as a clown's dancing-steps.

From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.