condescend

Other forms of condescend

past tense

condescended·

present participle

condescending·

third person

condescends·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about condescend

What does condescend mean?

condescend means "behave in a patronizing and condescending manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in condescend?

condescend has 3 syllables: con-de-scend. The stress falls on "scend". In IPA it is /ˌkɑndɪˈsɛnd/.

What is another word for condescend?

Close synonyms include deign, descend, stoop, lower oneself, patronize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is condescend a common word?

condescend is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with condescend?

5 words rhyme with condescend. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.