Word info

condescended

Meaning

of Condescend

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration. Anthony Trollope

What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English. Geoffrey Rush

Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to. Matt Groening

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. Claire Danes

God in the highest, in the sense of the Christian Confession, means He who from on high has condescended to us, has come to us, has become ours. Karl Barth

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. Isaac D'Israeli

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