Meanings
comparative more patronising · superlative most patronising
- UKalternativeAlternative spelling of patronizing.
1 more example
As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of patronise
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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patronising. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patronising
“patronising.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patronising. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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