patronising

[ UK /pˈætɹənˌa‍ɪzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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How To Use patronising In A Sentence

  • But Labour's focus on abolishing child poverty is not, as he (deliberately) patronisingly claims, for the "aah" factor. Labourhome
  • This patronising voice with a whine and an awful regional accent was talking. Times, Sunday Times
  • His curiosity excites the most patronising sympathy. Times, Sunday Times
  • "Emily, my dear," said the spinster aunt, with a patronising air, "don't talk so loud, love."
  • It's that patronizing tone of hers that I can't bear.
  • Third, "patronizing" is an understandable complaint but I do have honest respect and admiration for most people at TT. A Pat on the Back for Matzke
  • Stop patronising me - I understand the play as well as you do.
  • Count Mirabeau is a most wonderful man, but he is a more than questionable character; even if you marry him, your discretion may very reasonably be called in question, but terms of intimacy, except with that view, cannot for a moment be tolerated; - to talk of friendship for such a man is nonsense, unless, like the good old duchess, you had had a tendresse for the father, which made you patronising for the son. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
  • To his rescue, to head off any eviction warrants, comes Mrs Whatsername, from Whatever Company, complete with a patronising understanding smile.
  • Tip in Iceland and you will be seen as arrogant and patronising - and you might get hot soup in your lap.
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