patronizing Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- sniffy
- assumptive
- cavalier
- cocky
- impertinent
- chesty
- uppity
- huffy
- egotistical
- snobbish
- saucy
- swaggering
- snobby
- supercilious
- authoritarian
- impudent
- magisterial
- pompous
- dominating
- high-and-mighty
- boastful
- snooty
- pontificating
- uppish
- hifalutin
- bumptious
- pretentious
- presumptuous
- arrogant
- bombastic
- high-handed
- bossy
- haughty
- pontifical
- conceited
Weak:
- egotistic
- egocentric
- vainglorious
- self-asserting
- egoistic
- proud
- self-loving
- braggy
- lofty
- stiff-necked
- smug
- toploftical
- presuming
- extroverted
- orgulous
- masterful
- self-flattering
- self-complacent
- hubristic
- egoistical
- uninhibited
- blustery
- highfalutin
- unreserved
- high-hat
- narcissistic
- immodest
- complacent
- blusterous
- imperious
- overweening
- self-satisfied
- self-centered
- important
- peremptory
- self-affected
- stuck-up
- vain
- self-applauding
- self-promoting
- braggart
- prideful
- huffish
- self-conceited
- self-assertive
- lordly
- extraverted
- self-pleased
- superior
- brash
- bragging
- toplofty
Strongest:
- shrinking
- sheepish
- subdued
- bashful
- subdued
- lowly
- shrinking
- shy
- unpretentious
- bashful
- humble
- shy
- modest
- timid
- modest
- sheepish
- timid
- lowly
- unpretentious
- humble
Strong:
- passive
- unassertive
- diffident
- unassuming
- deferential
- compliant
- yielding
- mousy
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- unobtrusive
- mousy
- unarrogant
- unassertive
- unaggressive
- submissive
- unaggressive
- diffident
- acquiescent
- quiet
- demure
- quiet
- demure
- meek
- passive
- cringing
- acquiescent
- yielding
- unarrogant
- introverted
- submissive
- introverted
- cringing
- unassuming
- deferential
- meek
Weak:
patronizing Meaning
patronizing (s)
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
patronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Patronize
patronizing (a.)
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.
FAQs About the word patronizing
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescensionof Patronize, Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs
condescending, domineering, disdainful, dominant, sniffy, assumptive, cavalier, cocky, impertinent, chesty
shrinking, sheepish, subdued, bashful, subdued, lowly, shrinking, shy, unpretentious, bashful
His patronizing tone suggested he considered himself superior to everyone else in the room.
Sarah felt offended by the patronizing way her colleague explained the concept to her, as if she couldn't grasp it herself.
The politician's speech came off as patronizing, as if he were talking down to the audience rather than engaging with them.
It's infuriating when someone adopts a patronizing attitude instead of genuinely listening to your perspective.
