condescend
verb
to behave in a way that shows that you think you are more important or more intelligent than other people
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verb
to behave in a way that shows that you think you are more important or more intelligent than other people
to treat someone in a way that shows that you think you are better or more important than them
to behave in an annoying way that shows that you think you can do whatever you want
to persuade yourself that you are better, more attractive, more important, etc. than you are
to think that other people and things are not as important as you are
if a woman queens it over other people, she annoys them by behaving as if she were more important than they are
if success goes to someone’s head, it makes them think that they are better or more important than they really are
to start to think that you are more important than you really are
to believe that you are very intelligent, important, etc.
to behave as if you think you are a very important person in the movie business
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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