Stoop

 











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–verb (used without object) 

1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop [over] a desk. 

2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from [age].  



3. (of trees, precipices (斷崖絕壁), etc.) to bend, bow, or lean. 

4. to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him.  



5. to swoop down, as a hawk at prey. 

6. to submit; yield. 

7. Obsolete. to come down from a height.  



–verb (used with object) 

8. to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward. 

9. Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.  



–noun 

10. the act or an instance of stooping. 

11. a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked [with] a stoop. 

12. a descent from dignity or superiority. 

13. a downward swoop, as of a hawk.  



—Synonyms 

1. lean, crouch. See bend^1.





　

Or we could pity the pompous twitics like Gleiberman and White who devote so much time insulting moviegoers who appreciate Lynch, Resnais, and Todd Haynes. 



I thought these soft-boiled egghead critics only stooped to sneer at audiences who like The Dark Knight. 



Is this what we want from a review? Scorn toward readers who disagree with them?





squat 

The [horse] threw [himself] into a squat.

He squatted [in] an empty house.

genuflect 

In a "confession" published on the movie's Web site, Korine [kids] "Dogma 95" at the same time he [genuflects] [to] it.

prostrate 

He prostrated [himself] before [rank and wealth].

capitulate

He finally capitulated and [agreed] to do the job my way.  



condescend

He would not condescend to [misrepresent] the facts. 

He condescended to [their intellectual level] in order to be [understood].  

Tenuous