7
patronize(verb, belittle, compliment, demean, kudize)
4
condescend(verb, humble, snub, belittle, demean)
2
accord(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
2
humiliate(verb, patronise)
2
patronise
1
accommodate(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
acquiesce(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
agree(verb, favor, lower, yield, humble)
1
be courteous(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
be gracious to(verb, snub, belittle, compliment, demean)
1
be lofty(verb, snub, belittle, compliment, demean)
1
be overbearing(verb, snub, belittle, compliment, demean)
1
bend(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
come down off high horse(verb, expression, idiom, favor, agree)
1
comply(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
concede(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
degrade oneself(verb, expression, favor, agree, lower)
1
deign(verb, favor, agree, lower, yield)
1
demean(verb, humble, belittle, stoop, deign)
1
demean oneself(verb, expression, favor, agree, lower)
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