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Adjective condescending has 1 sense
  1. arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising - (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
    Antonym: inferior (indirect, via superior)
,Verb condescend has 4 senses
  1. condescend - behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
    --1 is one way to     act, move
    Derived form: noun condescension3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  2. condescend, deign, descend - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
    --2 is one way to act, move
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  3. condescend, stoop, lower oneself - debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
    --3 is one way to act, move
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. patronize, patronise, condescend - treat condescendingly
    --4 is one way to interact
    Derived form: noun condescension2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    => Somebody ----s PP
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