The character in the novel I am reading mocks her mother and sister for not having an education. She always"looks down on them". I need a word for that phrase. Thanks
2006-11-10 04:09:25 · 8 answers · asked by summer lovin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Condescend
Patronize
Belittle
Demean
I like "derogate" but that's more for insulting others.
You can go to http://thesaurus.reference.com/ and look up those words for even more. A quick visit there for "condescend" gives me:
abase, bemean, cast down, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, disgrace, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop
2006-11-10 04:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by Rev Kev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belittle
Patronize
2006-11-10 12:12:49 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rebuff, verb:
To slight (someone) deliberately: cut, shun, snub, spurn. Informal: coldshoulder. Idioms: close (or shut) the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on. See accept
haughty, adjective: As in "haughty attitude"
Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance: arrogant, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior. Idiom: on one's high horse.
2006-11-10 12:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by secondwish02 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're probably looking for a word like "Condesending"
2006-11-10 12:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by Tinalera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might use 'supercilious' in there somewhere.
2006-11-10 12:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that she is condescending.
2006-11-10 12:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by GIG45TXFL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
frowns
2006-11-10 12:12:25 · answer #7 · answered by qpistol 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
inferior?
2006-11-10 12:12:44 · answer #8 · answered by Lina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋