CONDESCEND


Meaning of CONDESCEND in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If someone ~s to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it.

When he ~ed to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.

VERB: V to-inf disapproval

2.

If you say that someone ~s to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.

Don’t ~ to me.

VERB: V to n, also V disapproval

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