(adj) ประพฤติตนในลักษณะว่าตนเองสำคัญหรือฉลาดกว่าผู้อื่น เช่น His tone of voice was always so condescending. เขามักจะพูดโดยใช้นำเสียงในลักษณะเหมือนว่าตนเองสำคัญหรือฉลาดกว่าผู้อื่น
English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
[おんきせがましい, onkisegamashii] (adj-i) patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
condescending \condescending\ adj.
exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
of behavior or attitude.
Syn: arch, patronizing.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See {Descend}.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
[1913 Webster]
Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
[1913 Webster] Condescendence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
condescending
adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
who treat others with condescension [syn: {arch},
{condescending}, {patronizing}, {patronising}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
