deign
verb/deɪn/
/deɪn/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deign | /deɪn/ /deɪn/ |
| he / she / it deigns | /deɪnz/ /deɪnz/ |
| past simple deigned | /deɪnd/ /deɪnd/ |
| past participle deigned | /deɪnd/ /deɪnd/ |
| -ing form deigning | /ˈdeɪnɪŋ/ /ˈdeɪnɪŋ/ |
- deign to do something to do something in a way that shows you think you are too important to do it synonym condescend
- She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari ‘deem worthy’, from dignus ‘worthy’.Definitions on the go
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