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
JÉRÔMe	zhe-ROM	French
Silvija	-	Croatian, Slovene
Hyun-Jung	hyun-jung	Korean
Narangerel	-	Mongolian
Farley	FAHR-lee	English (Rare)
Vicente	bee-THEN-te (Spanish), bee-SEN-te (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese