condescend to

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condescend to someone

to talk down to someone; to treat people as if they were below oneself; to patronize someone. Please do not condescend to me. There is no need to condescend to the children. They are just small, not stupid.

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I think kids respond to things that don t condescend to them, and Maurice s work doesn t condescend to them. Children s classic Wild Things arrives on big screen by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) I think kids respond to things that don't condescend to them, and Maurice's work doesn't condescend to them. Children's classic 'Wild Things' arrives on big screen by AFP / AFP Global Edition But when you're 80, in hospital and vulnerable it's just another blow upon a bruise to have a 20-year-old care assistant condescend to you by not calling you Mr or Mrs. Respect for the elderly by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			conceal from concede to conceited as a barber's cat conceive conceive of conceive of as concentrate concentrate at concentrate at some place concentrate on concern concern in concern oneself about concern with concerned concerning conclusion concrete concur on condemn condemn as condemn for condemn to condense to condescend condescend to condescend to do condition condition to conduct conduct away conduct into conduct out of confederate with confer on confess to confession is good for the soul confide in confidence confine confine or an animal to confine to confine within confirm in confiscate from conflict conflict with conform conform to conform with confront with			Condensing Heat Exchanger for Space Systems condensing instrument condensing instrument condensing instrument condensing instrument condensing instrument condensing lens condensing lens condensing lens condensing osteitis condensing osteitis condensing osteitis condensing routine Condensing Turbine Condensing Unit Condensing Unit Condensins condensor Condensor microphone Condensor microphone Condensor microphone Condensor mikes Condensor mikes Condensor mikes Conder Conder (fishing) condere condescend condescend condescend condescend to condescend to do condescend to grant condescended condescended condescended condescendence condescender condescender condescender condescending condescending condescending condescendingly condescendingly condescendingness condescends condescends condescends condescension condescension condescensions condescensions Condescent condicio condicio mortalis Condicio sine qua non Condicio sine qua non Condições Normais de Temperatura e Pressão Condictio indebiti Condiction

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