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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arrogant, belittling, big, contemptuous, disdainful, domineering, haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-handed, high-hat, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toity, imperious, lofty, overbearing, patronizing, pompous, priggish, proud, purse-proud, sniffy, snippy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, superior, toplofty, uppish, uppity, upstage
Dictionary Results for condescending:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
condescending
    adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
           who treat others with condescension [syn: arch,
           condescending, patronizing, patronising]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
condescending \condescending\ adj.
   exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
   of behavior or attitude.

   Syn: arch, patronizing.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
   condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
   1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
      waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
      one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
      estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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            Can they think me so broken, so debased
            With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
            Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

            Spain's mighty monarch,
            In gracious clemency, does condescend,
            On these conditions, to become your friend.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
         superiority.
         [1913 Webster]

               Those who thought they were honoring me by
               condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
                                                  W. Robinson.
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   2. To consent. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
                                                  Carew.

   Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
        [1913 Webster] Condescendence

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