'Patronizing' definitions:
Definition of 'patronizing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension [syn: arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising]
Definition of 'Patronizing'
From: GCIDE
- Patronizing \Pa"tron*i`zing\, a. Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- {Pat"ron*i`zing*ly}, adv. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Patronizing'
From: GCIDE
- Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
- 1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. [1913 Webster]
- The idea has been patronized by two States only. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'patronizing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrogance,
- arrogant,
- arrogantness,
- assumption of superiority,
- big,
- condescendence,
- condescending,
- condescension,
- domineering,
- domineeringness,
- haughtiness,
- haughty,
- haughty airs,
- hauteur,
- high horse,
- high-faluting,
- high-flown,
- high-hat,
- high-headed,
- high-nosed,
- hoity-toitiness,
- hoity-toity,
- loftiness,
- lofty,
- Olympian detachment,
- Olympian loftiness,
- overbearing,
- overbearing pride,
- overbearingness,
- overweening pride,
- patronization,
- patronizing attitude,
- pride,
- priggish,
- proud,
- proudness,
- purse-pride,
- purse-proud,
- side,
- sniffy,
- snippy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- stiff-necked pride,
- stuck-up,
- superbia,
- superior,
- toploftiness,
- toplofty,
- uppish,
- uppishness,
- uppity,
- uppityness,
- upstage