Patronizing

patronizing
    adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
           who treat others with condescension [syn: {arch},
           {condescending}, {patronizing}, {patronising}]
    

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.
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            The idea has been patronized by two States only.
                                                  --A. Hamilton.
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   2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
      [Commercial Cant]
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   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.
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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.
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "patronizing":
      Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, 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, 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