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Is condescend a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word condescend is a Scrabble US word. The word condescend is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is condescend a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word condescend is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is condescend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word condescend is a Words With Friends word. The word condescend is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

CONDESCEND,

9-letter words (2 found)

CONDENSED,ENSCONCED,

8-letter words (5 found)

CONCEDED,CONCEDES,CONDENSE,ENSCONCE,SECONDED,

7-letter words (9 found)

CONCEDE,DECODES,DESCEND,DONNEES,ENCODED,ENCODES,SCENDED,SCONCED,SECONDE,

6-letter words (20 found)

CENSED,CODECS,CODENS,CONNED,CONNES,DECODE,DENNED,DONEES,DONNED,DONNEE,DONNES,EDDOES,ENCODE,NEONED,NONCES,SCENED,SCONCE,SECOND,SENDED,SODDEN,

5-letter words (40 found)

CEDED,CEDES,CENSE,CODEC,CODED,CODEN,CODES,COEDS,CONED,CONES,CONNE,CONNS,COSEC,COSED,DECOS,DEEDS,DEENS,DENES,DENSE,DONEE,DONNE,DOSED,ENDED,NEEDS,NENES,NEONS,NODES,NONCE,NONES,NOSED,ONCES,ONNED,SCEND,SCENE,SCONE,SECCO,SNEED,SONCE,SONDE,SONNE,

4-letter words (55 found)

CEDE,CEES,CENS,CODE,CODS,COED,COND,CONE,CONN,CONS,COSE,DECO,DEED,DEEN,DEES,DENE,DENS,DOCS,DODS,DOEN,DOES,DONE,DONS,DOSE,ECCE,ECCO,ECOD,ECOS,EDDO,ENDS,ENES,EONS,ESNE,NEDS,NEED,NENE,NEON,NODE,NODS,NOES,NONE,NOSE,ODDS,ODES,ONCE,ONES,SECO,SEED,SEEN,SEND,SENE,SNED,SNEE,SNOD,SONE,

3-letter words (38 found)

CEE,COD,CON,COS,DEE,DEN,DOC,DOD,DOE,DON,DOS,DSO,ECO,EDS,EEN,END,ENE,ENS,EON,NED,NEE,NOD,NON,NOS,ODD,ODE,ODS,OES,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEC,SED,SEE,SEN,SOC,SOD,SON,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,EN,ES,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 184 words from condescend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of condescend

condescend

Etymology

From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin con- (“together”) + dēscendere, present active infinitive of dēscendō (“I come down”); see descend.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑːndɪˈsɛnd/

Verb

condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)

  1. (intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
  2. (intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
  3. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down.

Usage notes

  • "Condescend" is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
  • In sense “to talk down”, the derived participial adjective condescending (and corresponding adverb condescendingly) are more common than the verb itself.
  • In older usage, "condescend" could be used non-pejoratively (in a sense similar to that of treating someone as inferior) to describe the action of those who socialized in a friendly way with their social inferiors. Now that the concept of social inferiors has largely fallen out of currency, so has this non-pejorative sense. Thus, in w:Pride_and_Prejudice, a character could say of another, "I need not say you will be delighted with her. She is all affability and condescension.”

Synonyms

  • (come down from superior position): acquiesce, deign, stoop, vouchsafe
  • (talk down, treat as inferior): patronize, belittle, put on airs
  • (consent): yield
  • (come down): descend

Related terms

  • condescendence
  • condescend upon
  • condescension
  • descend

Translations

Further reading

  • “condescend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “condescend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org