Condescending
Condescending adjective - (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.
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Sympathetic and condescending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sympathetic" instead an adjective "Condescending".
Sympathetic
Sympathetic adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Condescending and sympathetic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Condescending" instead an adjective "Sympathetic".
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Ironic Echo: "You [obviously] need it more than I do." Dean first says it maliciously to a redneck, then it's said to Dean by an old classmate in a sympathetic, yet condescending way.
Source: Film / Waiting -
In the book, Cormac is not at all sympathetic and wasn't a team player at all, being condescending and rude to everyone.
- They will be seen as rude, arrogant, condescending, and ill-behaved, often seen as the ones insulting the nicer and sympathetic engines having a difficult situation.
Source: Jerkass / Western Animation
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