0 to talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you or not important:
I wish politicians wouldn't talk down to us as if we were idiots.
1 to talk to someone as if they were less important than you:
Secretarial staff are most likely to be talked down to.
中文繁体
以居高臨下的語氣對（某人）說話…
中文简体
以居高临下的语气对（某人）说话…
Polski
traktować kogoś z góry…
Türk dili
aşağılayıcı biçimde konuşmak, tepeden bakarak konuşmak, hor görmek…
русский язык
говорить с кем-либо свысока…
НОВИ ДУМИ
European
May 10, 2021
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Shimmer
talk down to sb
