13 Letter Words for Condescending
condescending
11 Letter Words for Condescending
nondesigned
10 Letter Words for Condescending
codesigned, condensing, condescend, descending, ensconcing, innocences, nonscience
9 Letter Words for Condescending
cogencies, conceding, condensed, consigned, consignee, decodings, deconning, encodings, endogenic, ensconced, genocides, innocence, innocense, insconced, onesigned, secondine, seconding, soddening
8 Letter Words for Condescending
codeines, codesign, cogences, conceded, concedes, concised, condense, congenic, connings, consence, consigne, cosigned, decoding, deconned, designed, dignosce, diogenes, ecgonine, ecocides, encoding, endogens, ensconce, ensigned, ensindon, genocide, geodesic, incensed, insconce, noddings, nondense, scending, scienced, sconcing, sdeigned, seceding, seconded, snedding, snodding
7 Letter Words for Condescending
censing, codding, codeine, codices, codings, cogence, coigned, coignes, concede, concise, condies, condign, coneine, congeed, congees, conines, connies, conning, consign, deccies, decides, decodes, deeding, deigned, denning, descend, desined, dingoes, diocese, discede, discoed, disedge, disegno, dondine, donings, donnees, donning, ecgonin, ecocide, encoded, encodes, endeign, endings, endogen, engined, engines, genesic, genoise, geoside, goddens, godsend, inceded, incedes, incense, indeeds, indenes, indogen, neddies, needing, neesing, neoneds, nocence, noddies, nodding, nonnies, nonsine, ondines, ondings, scended, scening, science, sconced, sdeigne, sdeined, seconde, secondi, seeding, sencion, sending, senecio, senegin, sneeing, sodding, soignee
6 Letter Words for Condescending
cedens, ceding, censed, cicone, cinene, codecs, codens, coding, cogies, coigne, coigns, coined, condie, coneen, conged, congee, conges, conics, conine, coning, conins, conned, connes, connie, cosign, cosine, cosing, deccie, decide, decine, decise, decode, decoic, decons, deeing, deiced, deices, deigns, deinos, denied, denies, denned, dennis, densen, design, desine, didoes, dienes, dindon, dinged, dingee, dinges, dinned, diodes, disced, dodges, dogies, doings, donees, donged, doning, donned, donnee, donnes, donsie, dosing, ecesic, eddies, eddoes, edenic, edison, encode, ending, engine, ennoic, ensign, eoside, eosine, esodic, geison, genies, genion, genned, genson, geodes, geodic, geoids, geosid, gideon, ginned, godden, icones, idence, incede, incend, incogs, indeed, indene, indone, ingene, ingoes, inogen, isogen, negoce, neoned, nicene, nieces, ninons, noised, nonces, nonene, nosine, nosing, ondine, onding, onning, onside, oscine, scened, scenic, scogie, sconce, sdeign, second, sedged, seeing, seined, sencio, sended, sicced, sieged, signed, signee, signon, sinded, sindoc, sindon, singed, sinned, sinnen, sodden, soigne, soning
5 Letter Words for Condescending
ceded, cedes, cedis, cense, cided, cides, cines, cions, cisco, cocin, codec, coded, coden, codes, coeds, cogie, coign, coing, coins, concn, coned, cones, conge, conic, conin, conne, conns, cosec, cosed, cosen, cosie, cosin, decon, decos, deeds, deens, deice, deids, deign, denes, dense, diced, dices, diego, diene, digne, dined, dines, dinge, dingo, dings, dinos, diode, diose, disco, dodge, doesn, doges, dogie, doing, donec, donee, dongs, donis, donne, dosed, ecoid, eddic, edged, edges, eidos, eigne, ended, eneid, engin, enode, eosin, gedds, genes, genic, genie, genin, genio, genos, geode, geoid, gnide, gondi, gonid, gonne, icons, idose, incog, inned, inone, insee, needn, needs, nenes, neons, nided, nides, nidge, niece, nines, ninon, ninos, noddi, noded, nodes, noise, nonce, nones, nongs, nonic, nosed, nosig, oenin, ogeed, ogees, onces, oncin, onned, oscin, oside, scend, scene, scind, scion, scone, sdein, secco, secno, sedge, segni, segno, seige, seine, sence, sengi, sided, siege, since, sined, singe, sinon, sneed, snide, sodic, soign, sonce, sonde, sonic, sonne
4 Letter Words for Condescending
ccid, cede, cedi, cees, cene, cens, cide, cids, cigs, cine, cion, cisc, code, cods, coed, coes, cogs, coin, conc, cond, cone, cong, coni, conn, cons, cose, decd, deco, dedo, deed, deen, dees, deid, deis, dene, deni, dens, desc, desi, dice, didn, dido, died, dies, digs, dine, ding, dino, dins, dioc, disc, docs, dods, doen, does, doge, dogs, done, dong, doni, dons, dose, ecce, ecco, ecod, econ, eddo, eden, edge, egos, eide, eine, ende, endo, ends, ened, enes, engs, ense, eons, esne, gedd, geds, geed, gees, geic, gein, gene, gens, geod, geos, gids, gied, gien, gies, ginn, gins, gios, gise, gode, gods, goen, goes, gois, gond, gone, gons, iced, ices, icod, icon, idee, ideo, ides, inde, indn, ingo, inne, inns, iocs, iode, ions, isdn, ised, neds, need, negs, nein, nene, neon, nese, nice, nide, nids, nied, nies, nine, niog, node, nodi, nods, noes, nogs, none, nong, nose, nsec, odds, odes, odic, odin, oeci, ogee, once, ones, scog, seco, seed, seen, sego, send, sene, sicc, sice, side, sien, sign, sind, sine, sing, sion, sned, snee, snig, snod, snog, soce, sond, sone, song
3 Letter Words for Condescending
cdg, cee, cen, ceo, cgs, cid, cie, cig, cis, cns, cod, cog, con, cos, csc, csi, dds, dec, ded, dee, deg, dei, den, des, did, die, dig, din, dis, doc, dod, doe, dog, don, dos, dso, ecc, ecg, eco, edd, edo, eds, eec, eeg, een, ego, enc, end, ene, eng, ens, eon, eos, esc, esd, ese, gcd, gds, ged, gee, gen, geo, gid, gie, gin, gio, gis, gns, god, goi, gon, gos, ice, ide, ido, ids, ign, inc, ind, ing, inn, ins, ion, ios, ise, isn, iso, nco, ned, nee, neg, nei, neo, nid, nie, nig, nis, nne, nod, nog, non, nos, odd, ode, ods, oes, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ose, osi, scd, sci, sec, sed, see, seg, sei, sen, sgd, sic, sie, sig, sin, soc, sod, sog, son
Definitions for Condescending
[1] showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
[2] to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
[3] to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
[4] 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.
[5] Obsolete . to yield. to assent.
[6] showing or implying condescension by stooping to the level of one's inferiors, esp in a patronizing way
[7] to act graciously towards another or others regarded as being on a lower level; behave patronizingly
[8] to do something that one regards as below one's dignity
Words related to Condescending
snooty, patronizing, arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, lofty, snobbish, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppity, uppish
Words nearby Condescending
condensed-matter physics, condenser, condensing osteitis, condescend, condescendence, condescending, condescension, condign, condignity, condillac, condiment
Origin of Condescending
1300–50; Middle English condescenden < Late Latin condēscendere (see con-, descend); replacing Middle English condescendre < Middle French
Other words from Condescending
con·de·scend·ing·ly , adverb
non·con·de·scend·ing , adjective
non·con·de·scend·ing·ly , adverb
non·con·de·scend·ing·ness , noun
un·con·de·scend·ing , adjective
un·con·de·scend·ing·ly , adverb
con·des·cend·er , con·des·cend·ent , noun
Word origin for Condescending
C14: from Church Latin condēscendere to stoop, condescend, from Latin dēscendere to descend
Synonyms for Condescending
arrogant, patronizing, snooty, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, la-dee-da, lofty, snobbish, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity