| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, be courteous, bend, come down off high horse, comply, concede, degrade oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, grant, high hat, lower oneself, oblige, see fit, submit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend, vouchsafe, yield |
Antonyms: |
rise above |
| Main Entry: | condescending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobby, lordly |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, la-dee-da, lofty, patronizing, snobbish, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity |
Antonyms: |
approachable, friendly, humble |
| Main Entry: | cavalier |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
Synonyms: |
condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior |
Antonyms: |
humble, reticent, shy |
| Main Entry: | contemptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, insolent |
Synonyms: |
audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, cold-shoulder, condescending, contumelious, cool, derisive, derisory, disdainful, disrespectful, dog it, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty, high hat, insulting, on high horse, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage |
| Notes: | contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
Antonyms: |
humble, polite, respected, shy |
| Main Entry: | deign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower oneself |
Synonyms: |
condescend, consent, deem worthy, patronize, see fit, stoop, think fit, vouchsafe |
Antonyms: |
be proud, hold head high |
| Main Entry: | lofty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, high and mighty |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, cavalier, condescending, disdainful, grandiose, haughty, high-minded, immodest, insolent, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snooty, supercilious |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
Synonyms: |
abase, bemean, cast down, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop |
Antonyms: |
compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | polite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, civilized |
Synonyms: |
affable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bland, civil, complaisant, concerned, conciliatory, condescending, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, deferential, diplomatic, elegant, friendly, genteel, gentle, good-natured, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, obliging, obsequious, pleasant, polished, politic, punctilious, refined, respectful, smooth, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
impolite, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, unmannerly, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | snobbish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck-up, conceited |
Synonyms: |
aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-flown, high-hat, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs, remote, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, swanky, tony, uppish, uppity |
Antonyms: |
accepting, benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | snooty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | haughty |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, cavalier*, conceited, condescending, egotistic, egotistical, high and mighty, hoity-toity, la-di-da, lofty, on a high horse, pompous, pretentious, snobbish, snotty, stuck-up, superior, uppity |