Condescending is basically a synonym of patronizing, so, something like:-
The teacher spoke in a condescending tone when addressing her students.
The teacher spoke in a condescending tone when addressing her students.
The arrogant, rich man usually treated his servants with a condescending attitude. *"Don't condescend to me," she said, her eyes narrowing, "my father was a multimillionaire VC winner and yours was an alcoholic army cook."
To condescend means to act superior to others. An example sentence would be: Don't condescend to others as we are all flawed and imperfect.
The opposite of condescending could be respectful, humble, deferential, or egalitarian.
you are condecending
The boy stuttered sheepishly as he stared at the broken vase, while his mother scolded him in a condescending tone.
The teachers answer to my question was very condescending.
The teacher spoke in a condescending tone when addressing her students.
The arrogant, rich man usually treated his servants with a condescending attitude. *"Don't condescend to me," she said, her eyes narrowing, "my father was a multimillionaire VC winner and yours was an alcoholic army cook."
His tone was mocking and condescending.Speaking in a condescending way is often hidden in pleasantries.It can be difficult to describe how someone spoke in a condescending manner.
He spoke to me in a completely condescending manner. He often talked down to people and treated them as lower forms of life.
"My condescending response to the original posters question was not conducive to actually helping them."It's an adjective, you use it to qualify a statement. Consider the sentence below without the adjective:"My response to the original posters question was not conducive to actually helping them."In the second sentence, it is unclear that the narrators response was not "cheery but unable to help" or any other number of attitudes which may arise that would not be helpful. It is ambiguous. The use of condescending in the first sentence, however, makes it very clear that the narrator considers themselves vastly superior to the "original poster" character, but that this feeling of superiority does not actually help.
To condescend means to act superior to others. An example sentence would be: Don't condescend to others as we are all flawed and imperfect.
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The opposite of condescending could be respectful, humble, deferential, or egalitarian.
The speaker's tone was condescending, and the crowd reacted with belligerence. The word belligerence is a noun. You could also use the word aggressiveness.
The prefix of the word "condescending" is "con-" and the suffix is "-ing."