Usually means: Condescendingly treating others as inferior.
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  1. patronizing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patronizing: Merriam-Webster
  3. patronizing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patronizing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. patronizing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Patronizing, patronizing: Wordnik
  7. patronizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. patronizing: Wiktionary
  9. patronizing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. patronizing: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Patronizing, patronizing: Dictionary.com
  12. patronizing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Patronizing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. patronizing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. patronizing: Rhymezone
  16. Patronizing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. patronizing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. patronizing: FreeDictionary.org
  19. patronizing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. patronizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. patronizing: Legal dictionary

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  1. patronizing: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Offensively condescending.

Similar:
condescending, patronising, superior, arch, patronly, deprecating, unctuous, obeisant, wise, dumbed-down, more...

Opposite:
respectful, deferential

Types:
condescending, paternalistic, belittling, derisive, more...

Phrases:
patronizing but good, a patronizing attitude, small patronizing sound, patronizing sound, patronizing pity, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, somewhat, such, sound, best, worth, certain, damned, downright, bloody

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Similar:
condescending, patronising, superior, arch, patronly, deprecating, unctuous, obeisant, wise, dumbed-down, more...

Opposite:
respectful, deferential

Types:
condescending, paternalistic, belittling, derisive, more...

Phrases:
patronizing but good, a patronizing attitude, small patronizing sound, patronizing sound, patronizing pity, not patronizing, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, somewhat, such, sound, best, worth, certain, damned, downright, bloody

Colors:
    beige,     mauve,     taupe,     olive,     mustard, more...



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