[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

condescending \condescending\ adj.
   exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
   of behavior or attitude.

   syn: arch, patronizing.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

condescend \con`descend"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. condescended;
   p. pr.  vb. n. condescending. f. condescendre, ll.
   condescendere, fr. l. con- + descendere. see descend.
   1. 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. "condescend to men of low
      estate." --rom. xii. 16.
      1913 webster

            can they think me so broken, so debased
            with corporal servitude, that my mind ever
            will condescend to such absurd commands? --milton.
      1913 webster

            spain's mighty monarch,
            in gracious clemency, does condescend,
            on these conditions, to become your friend.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   note: often used ironically, implying an assumption of
         superiority.
         1913 webster

               those who thought they were honoring me by
               condescending to address a few words to me. --f.
                                                  w. robinson.
         1913 webster

   2. to consent. obs.
      1913 webster

            all parties willingly condescended heruento. --r.
                                                  carew.

   syn: to yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
        1913 webster condescendence
see also:
condescended condescending descend 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

condescending
     adj : used of behavior or attitude characteristic of those who
           treat others with condescension syn: arch, patronizing,
            patronising
see also:
arch patronizing patronising 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 moby thesaurus words for "condescending":
   arrogant, belittling, big, contemptuous, disdainful, domineering,
   haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-handed, high-hat,
   high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toity, imperious, lofty,
   overbearing, patronizing, pompous, priggish, proud, purse-proud,
   sniffy, snippy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, stuck-up,
   superior, toplofty, uppish, uppity, upstage

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