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| Main Entry: | deign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower oneself |
| Synonyms: | condescend, consent, patronize, stoop, vouchsafe, deem worthy, see fit, think fit |
| Antonyms: | be proud, hold head high |
| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, bend, comply, concede, deign, descend, favor, grant, oblige, submit, vouchsafe, yield, be courteous, come down off high horse, degrade oneself, demean oneself, high hat, lower oneself, see fit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend |
| Synonyms: | deign, favor, indulge, look down on*, pat on the back, snub, stoop, be gracious to, be lofty, be overbearing, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, treat as inferior, treat badly, treat like a child |
| Antonyms: | be humble, be modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend; lower oneself to another |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, concede, deign, descend, favor, oblige, patronize, relax, resort, sink, thaw, vouchsafe, act beneath oneself, debase oneself, demean oneself, unbend |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
| Synonyms: | abase, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop, bemean, cast down |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
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