Affable vs Condescending - What's the difference?
affable | condescending | Synonyms |
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
* 1912 : James Burrill Angell, , chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
Mild; benign.
* 1998 : Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse , page 84
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
Affable is a synonym of condescending.
As adjectives the difference between affable and condescending
is that affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable while condescending is assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.As a verb condescending is
.affable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...
Synonyms
* accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious * benign, mild, warmDerived terms
* affability * affableness * affablycondescending
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!