verb
- Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner.
- synonyms: condescend
- Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
- synonyms: condescend, deign, descend
- Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.
- usage: "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
- synonyms: condescend, stoop, lower oneself
- Treat condescendingly.
- synonyms: patronize, patronise, condescend
adjective
- Used of behavior or attitude. ( characteristic of those who treat others with condescension).
- synonyms: arch, patronizing, patronising
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