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condescend

/ condescend /

verb

verb Sense 1

debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

"I won''t stoop to reading other people''s mail"

Type of:

act move

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 2

do something that one considers to be below one''s dignity

Type of:

act move

Usage Patterns:

Something is ----ing PP

verb Sense 3

behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

Type of:

act move

Derived:

condescension condescendingness

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Something is ----ing PP

verb Sense 4

treat condescendingly

Type of:

interact

Kinds of:

stoop to

Derived:

condescension disdain patronage

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

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