condescending

Etymology

adj

  1. Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
    Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!
    As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers". January 12 2022, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of condescend

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