condescending
adjective /ˌkɒn.dɪˈsen.dɪŋ/
/ˌkɑːn-/ disapprovingDefinition
› treating someone as if you are more important or more intelligent than them: I hate the way he's so condescending to his staff!Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting condescendingly /-li/ adverb Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of condescending adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- highfalutin adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- self-appointed adjective
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
- uppity adjective
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