CONDESCENDED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

condescended

verb

past tense of condescend

as in stooped

to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity I will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated in order to win the race

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rose

as in patronized

to assume or treat with an air of superiority wealthy people who tend to be condescending toward their poor relations

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Recent Examples of condescended That is, until she’s condescended by her chic coworker Emily (Emily Blunt), admonished by Miranda, and given a makeover by Runway art director Nigel (Stanley Tucci). —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses La Chatte condescended to live with Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette), born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France, in 1873, died in Paris, 1954, novelist, actress and journalist. —

Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for condescended

Verb

Audra stooped down to hug Christina, 3, who donned a fuzzy white jacket with bear-like ears on the hood.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Winger Aron Winter pulled back the cross, and Bergkamp stooped to head home their third of the game.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2026

Definition of stooped

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The traumas come from the way people responded, how they’ve been patronized and gaslit and shunned.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026
While women often visited less frequently—due both to distance, travel constraints and the fact that early retail environments were not designed with them in mind, Koehn says—most men at least occasionally patronized general stores, and many of them did so frequently.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 May 2026