fa‧ce‧tious /fəˈsiʃəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuh-see-shuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.
con‧de‧scend‧ing /ˌkɒndəˈsɛndɪŋ/ Pronunciation[kon-duh-sen-ding]
–adjective
showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
[Origin: 1630–40; condescend + -ing2]
—Related forms
con‧de‧scend‧ing‧ly, adverb
—Synonyms patronizing, disdainful, supercilious.
con·de·scend (knd-snd)
intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends
1. To descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower oneself. See Synonyms at stoop1.
2. To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner.
Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude: “The independent investor's desire to play individual stocks may well worry some market veterans, but that smacks a little of Wall Street's usual condescending attitude toward small investors”
conde·scending·ly adv.
condescending
adj : (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension [syn: arch, patronizing, patronising]