Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patronising

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: pa-tro-n-is-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of patronizing.

British usage

verb

present participle and gerund of patronise

Example Sentences

"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"."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more patronising (comparative) most patronising (superlative)

Derived Forms

patronisingly unpatronising

Synonyms

arch condescending patronizing

Questions

What does patronising mean?: Alternative spelling of patronizing.

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