condescend

He was popular, but for a long time the critics condescended to him, calling him a lightweight Sunday painter and deriding him for his “matchstick” figures.

But in a letter of resignation, she said another reason for leaving was the "condescending and controlling language used towards survivors".

"Maybe the opponent sometimes can be condescending, to look down on you," he said.

They wished they could go on campuses and condescend to cute girls, but they knew — they continue to know — that wouldn’t go well for them.

He was condescending when he called her “darling” and referred to her question as “fake news.”