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condescending |
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condescending adjective patronizing, lordly, superior, lofty, snooty (informal) snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, toffee-nosed (slang), chiefly Brit. on your high horse (informal) Translations condescending [kɔndɪˈsɛndɪŋ] condescend adj → herablassend How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Notwithstanding his rather condescending attitude towards patriotism he had been adopted as the national poet, and seemed since the war of seventy to be one of the most significant glories of national unity. I do like it when he looks down at me from the height of his grandeur, or breaks off his learned conversation with me because I'm a fool, or is condescending to me. Suppose a person of the Fourth Dimension, condescending to visit you, were to say, 'Whenever you open your eyes, you see a Plane (which is of Two Dimensions) and you INFER a Solid (which is of Three); but in reality you also see |
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