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Meaning of patronising

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

patronising

verb

Definitions

  1. To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

    Synonyms:enpatronpatrocinate

  2. To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

  3. To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

    Synonyms:condescendinfantilize

  4. To blame, to reproach.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Offensively condescending.

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Related words

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