condescend

condescend

1. alentua, alistua, suvaita, laskeutua alas (muiden tasolle), tehdä jotain oman arvonsa alapuolella olevaa

2. taantua, alentua

Esimerkkejä:

Be wiser and dont 'condescend' to their level by calling names.

:Ole fiksumpi äläkä 'alennu' heidän tasolleen nimittelemällä.

Synonyymisanakirja

condescend

kohdella alentuvasti, holhota, käyttäytyä alentuvasti, suhtautua alentuvasti, suosia, toimia, lähteä liikkeelle, vuorovaikuttaa, olla vuorovaikutuksessa, alentua, vajota.

Rimmaavat sanat

condescend rimmaa näiden kanssa:

polterabend, jugend, boyfriend...

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Englannin sanakirja

condescend (englanti > suomi)

1. alentua

condescend englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).

2. 1665, (w), (w), act 1, scene 2:

Spain's mighty monarch(..)/ In gracious clemency, does condescend / On these conditions, to become your friend.

3. 1847, (w), http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/767 Agnes Grey, chapter 5:

Fanny and little Harriet he seldom condescended to notice; but Mary Ann was something of a favourite.

4. puhekieltä To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronize patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).

5. 1861, (w), (w), chapter 29:

"You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, "that I have no heart."

6. 1880, (w), http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3292 Clever Woman of the Family, chapter 7:

Ermine never let any one be condescending to her, and conducted the conversation with her usual graceful good breeding.

7. (RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)

At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

8. puhekieltä To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronize patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).

9. 2007, Damian Westfall, Bennetts Cow-Eyed Girl'' (ISBN 1430321881):

“I didn't mean to condescend you, Mr. Shreck.”

10. 2010, Jaron Lee Knuth, Demigod (ISBN 1456457993):

“I'm not trying to condescend you, Ben.”

11. 2014, Greg Kalleres, Honky, page 31:

THOMAS. ... Does my anger deserve your condescension?

ANDIE. I wasn't condescending you; I was just asking.

THOMAS. No. You said “angry black man.” Like my anger only exists in a stereotype. That's condescending.

12. puhekieltä To consent, agree.

13. 1671, (w), (w), lines 1134-36:

Can they think me so broken, so debased / With corporal servitude, that my mind ever / Will condescend to such absurd commands?

14. 1868, (w), http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5417 Struggling Upward, chapter 3:

"This is the pay I get for condescending to let you go with me."

15. puhekieltä To come down.

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