condescendingly
With haughty superiority
Condescendingly describes doing something in a way that suggests you consider yourself superior to the person you're addressing.
Someone who speaks condescendingly adopts a patronizing tone, as if explaining something to a child or someone of lesser intelligence.
She smiled condescendingly and said she was sure I'd understand someday.
The manner often combines surface politeness with an underlying attitude of disdain or dismissiveness.
In a belittling manner
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- sneeringlyWith mocking disdain
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
disparagingly · mockingly · sarcastically · contemptuously · haughtily · snidely · witheringly · disdainfully
Treating someone as inferior
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
supercilious · superior · overbearing · imperious · self-important · lordly · high-handed · holier-than-thou
Hostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disdainScornful disregard
- disrespectLack of regard
sneering · ridicule · mockery · belittlement · disparagement · snobbery · haughtiness · aloofness
Speak patronizingly to someone
- look down onRegard with contempt
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- demeanLower in standing
- diminishTo make smaller
slight · snub · brush off · disregard · underestimate · undervalue · infantilize · mansplain
patronizingly
In a belittling manner
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- sneeringlyWith mocking disdain
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
derisively · disparagingly · mockingly · sarcastically · contemptuously · haughtily · snidely · witheringly · disdainfully · tartly
patronizing
Treating someone as inferior
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
pompous · supercilious · superior · overbearing · imperious · self-important · lordly · high-handed · holier-than-thou · preachy
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
disrespect · sneering · ridicule · mockery · belittlement · disparagement · snobbery · haughtiness · aloofness · superiority
talk down
Speak patronizingly to someone
- look down onRegard with contempt
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- demeanLower in standing
diminish · slight · snub · brush off · disregard · underestimate · undervalue · infantilize · mansplain · lecture
- arrogant adverbshaughtily, smugly, pompously, disdainfully, superciliously
- harshlyharshly, sharply, curtly, bluntly, rudely
condescendinglyrespectfully
In a deferential way
admiringly · appreciatively · deferentially · reverently · with respect
condescendinglyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · deferentially · meekly · self-effacingly · unassumingly