condescend to

condescend to someone

to talk down to someone; to treat people as if they were below oneself; to patronize someone. Please do not condescend to me. There is no need to condescend to the children. They are just small, not stupid.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Quirinus	kwi-RIEN-əs (English), kwi-REEN-əs (English)	Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Annunziata	ahn-noon-TSYAH-tah	Italian
Alysha	ə-LEE-shə	English (Modern)
Agassi	['ægəsi]
MariÁN	-	Slovak, Czech, Hungarian
Carl	KAHRL (German, English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English