Condescend Synonyms and Antonyms

kŏndĭ-sĕnd
To descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deign
  2. stoop
  3. patronize
  4. vouchsafe
  5. lower oneself
  6. unbend
  7. descend
  8. humble oneself
  9. demean oneself
  10. degrade oneself
  11. submit with good grace
  12. concede
  13. assume a patronizing air
  14. assume a superior air
  15. talk down to
  16. lower one's tone
  17. graciously stoop
  18. accommodate oneself to (one regarded as inferior)
  19. oblige
  20. waive a privilege
  21. favor
  22. accord
  23. come down off one's high horse
  24. come down a peg
  25. sing small
  26. submit
Antonyms:
  1. rise above
To treat in a superciliously indulgent manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. patronize
  2. high-hat
  3. patronise
To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stoop

Words Related to Condescend

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Condescend Sentence Examples

  • I don't want to condescend; but, what I mean is that it makes great little cars.

  • They will not condescend or take any notice of their indiscretion.

  • Opposition soon arose, and as Alexander could not understand a freedom which differed from himself, and would not condescend to the use of corruption, by which the ancient Polish diets had been managed, he was driven to use force.

  • He would not even condescend to make a baby laugh if nobody else laughed, or even listened.

  • It shows in its author a want of reverence, a want of decency in the proper sense, a too great readiness to condescend to the easiest kind of ludicrous ideas and the kind most acceptable at that time to the common run of mankind.

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