condescending
adjetivosustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ//
- Reino Unido//ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ//
- Estados Unidos//ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ//
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
adjetivo
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Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!
The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
sustantivo
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An act of condescension.
Is it the condescendings of a great one that we see in Christ? "I am among you as one that serveth," says He.
verbo
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También una forma de condescendpresent participle and gerund of condescend
Formas
- plural
- condescendings
- comparativo
- more condescending
- superlativo
- most condescending
condescending · Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
condition · A state or quality.conditioner · Anything that improves the condition of something.conditioning · The process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.