deigning
Stooping to act
Deigning is condescending to do something you consider beneath your dignity.
The word carries an air of reluctant superiority—someone who deigns to help is making clear they're doing you a favor: She finally deigned to acknowledge my presence.
Often used sarcastically to highlight someone's arrogance.
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- lowerReduce or move downward
- vouchsafeGrant with condescension
- bestowGive formally, as honor
- grantBestow or award money
accord · favor · descend · suffer · allow · permit · tolerate · consent
Higher rank or quality
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
snobbish · imperious · overbearing · pompous · smug · presumptuous · belittling · dismissive
Noble and forgiving
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- generousWilling to give freely
- graciousPleasantly kind and courteous
- nobleTitled or virtuous
indulgent · merciful · lenient · bountiful · charitable · kindhearted · clement · munificent
stoop
Small entry porch
grant · accord · favor · descend · suffer · allow · permit · tolerate · consent · acquiesce
superiority
Higher rank or quality
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
supercilious · snobbish · imperious · overbearing · pompous · smug · presumptuous · belittling · dismissive · contemptuous
magnanimous
Noble and forgiving
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- generousWilling to give freely
- graciousPleasantly kind and courteous
noble · indulgent · merciful · lenient · bountiful · charitable · kindhearted · clement · munificent · beneficent
deigningrelishing
Enjoying with keen appreciation
embracing · welcoming · leaping at · savoring · cherishing
deigningsupplicating
Asking humbly, desperately
begging · beseeching · groveling · imploring · petitioning
dignity, dignified, disdain, indignant, dignify, indignation, condescend, condescending, deign