condescend

condescend is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.
2. intransitive verb. To consent.
3. verb. treat condescendingly

   Synonyms: patronise, patronize

4. verb. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

   "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

   Synonyms: stoop

5. verb. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

   Synonyms: deign, descend

6. verb. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

Synonyms

patronise, patronize, stoop, deign, descend

Common word forms

condescends, condescended, condescender, condescending

Words from these letters

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