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What is the adjective for patronising?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs patron, patronize, patronise, patrocinate and patronage which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

patronless
  1. Lacking a patron or patrons; unsponsored; unpatronized; unpatroned.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The Parnassus plays document this shift in the lamentations of the patronless writers and their unwillingness to work in the new, more explicitly commercial, market.”
patronal
  1. patron; protecting; favouring
  2. Examples:
      3. “Since Sunday, October 31, is the eve of All Saints day, the service will be treated as the church's patronal service.”
      “On Sunday, I was back at church singing for the patronal festival and a visit from the Bishop of Edinburgh.”
      “And tomorrow is a special day, because it is the patronal festival, and there is big music to do.”
patronising
  1. offensively condescending
  2. Synonyms:
      3. condescending, arrogant, haughty, pompous, supercilious, imperious, lordly, pretentious, superior, presumptuous, overweening, uppity, cavalier, uppish, highfalutin, hifalutin, peremptory, bumptious, conceited, huffy, disdainful, sniffy, important, proud, overbearing, huffish, toplofty, patronizing, snobbish, chesty, snooty, toploftical, assumptive, presuming, masterful, insolent, contemptuous, vainglorious, scornful, snotty, aloof, prideful, immodest, grandiose, magisterial, contumelious, high-hat, toffee-nosed, stuck-up, lofty … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “When he asked the question, he shifted back to a patronising, sickly treacle-sweet voice.”
patronizing
  1. offensively condescending
  2. Synonyms:
      3. arrogant, haughty, pompous, supercilious, superior, pretentious, uppity, imperious, disdainful, lofty, snooty, lordly, condescending, snobbish, cavalier, snobby, contemptuous, scornful, magisterial, gracious, belittling, denigrating, stuck-up, toffee-nosed, high and mighty, fancy-pants, full of yourself, uppish, proud, overweening, presumptuous, conceited, bumptious, highfalutin, overbearing, egotistic, cocky, sniffy, toplofty, self-important, high-and-mighty, egotistical, huffy, important, hifalutin, toploftical, smug, high-handed, high-hat, self-assertive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We both occasionally experienced patronizing attitudes from staff.”
patronizable
  1. Capable of being patronized.
patronlike
  1. Like or resembling a patron.
patronly
  1. Befitting a patron.
patronized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of patronize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, aided, assisted, supported, abetted, furthered, lent a hand, propped, relieved, served, stood by, upheld, advocated, bucked up, helped out, interceded, puffed, rallied round, rooted for, saw through, stuck up for, stumped for, tended, accommodated, ballyhooed, befriended, cared for, cheered, emboldened, encouraged, fostered, heartened, hyped, ministered to, nurtured, patronised, plugged, rescued, seconded, went with, did a favor, did a service, did one's part, took care of, worked for, pushed, blessed, contented, delighted, gladdened … more
patronised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of patronise
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, aided, assisted, supported, abetted, furthered, lent a hand, propped, relieved, served, stood by, upheld, advocated, bucked up, helped out, interceded, patronized, puffed, rallied round, rooted for, saw through, stuck up for, stumped for, tended, accommodated, ballyhooed, befriended, cared for, cheered, emboldened, encouraged, fostered, heartened, hyped, ministered to, nurtured, plugged, rescued, seconded, went with, did a favor, did a service, did one's part, took care of, worked for, pushed, blessed, contented, delighted, gladdened … more
patrocinated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of patrocinate
patronaged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of patronage
patronaging
  1. present participle of patronage
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