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Definitions for Condescend
[1] to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
[2] to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
[3] to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.
[4] Obsolete . to yield. to assent.
[5] to act graciously towards another or others regarded as being on a lower level; behave patronizingly
[6] to do something that one regards as below one's dignity
Words related to Condescend
vouchsafe, accord, submit, acquiesce, grant, oblige, yield, accommodate, favor, concede, descend, deign, agree, comply, bend, unbend
Words nearby Condescend
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Origin of Condescend
1300–50; Middle English condescenden < Late Latin condēscendere (see con-, descend); replacing Middle English condescendre < Middle French
Other words from Condescend
con·des·cend·er , con·des·cend·ent , noun
Word origin for Condescend
C14: from Church Latin condēscendere to stoop, condescend, from Latin dēscendere to descend
Synonyms for Condescend
accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, bend, comply, concede, deign, descend, favor, grant, oblige, submit, unbend, vouchsafe, yield, be courteous, come down off high horse, degrade oneself, demean oneself, high hat, lower oneself, see fit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs