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condescending

aggettivosostantivoverboattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ//
  • Regno Unito//ˈkɔnˌdi.sɛnd.ɪŋ//
  • Stati Uniti//ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ//

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

aggettivo

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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".

sostantivo

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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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    Anche una forma di condescendpresent participle and gerund of condescend

Forme

plurale
condescendings
comparativo
more condescending
superlativo
most condescending
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