patronise in English

verb

1

treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.

“She's a good-hearted girl,” he said in a patronizing voice

synonyms: treat condescendingly, condescend to, look down on, talk down to, put down, treat like a child, treat with disdain

2

frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer.

restaurants remaining open in the evening were well patronized

synonyms: do business with, buy from, shop at, be a customer of, be a client of, deal with, trade with, frequent, support

verb

treat condescendingly, condescend to, look down on, talk down to, put down, treat like a child, treat with disdain
do business with, buy from, shop at, be a customer of, be a client of, deal with, trade with, frequent, support
sponsor, back, fund, finance, be a patron of, support, champion
condescend
sponsor
sponsor, frequent, shop
support, patronage, keep going

Use "patronise" in a sentence

1. Vegetarian restaurants are spreading, but many patronise them to be trendy rather than ethical.

2. Another stall which JAF always patronise at the same hawker centre is this Char Kway Teow stall.

3. there are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labour cheap.

4. The sentiment behind the utterance is undoubtedly a sincere and genuine one, free of any deliberate intent to patronise, but it was patronising nonetheless.

5. However, with the particular picky way I eat, I think soon the stalls I patronise at the canteen would remember me.

6. She also gives humorous background to the long-running animosity between Harry's parents and the Dursleys – "Vernon tried to patronise James, asking what car he drove.

7. Moscow's massive inequality is a blessing for its high-end hostelries: there are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labor cheap.

8. Synonyms for speak Condescendingly to include talk down to, condescend to, patronise, patronize, treat Condescendingly, put down, be snobbish to, look down on, speak haughtily to and look down one's nose at

9. Zhao Dezhu patronise the coffeshop. When Shanguo learns that he is a Chinese physician, he grabs the opportunity to find out the tricks to bearing a son.

10. Moscow's massive inequality is a blessing for its high-end hostelries: there are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labour cheap.

11. " We have been demolishing unauthorised brick kilns and have been implementing the World Bank-supported clean air and sustainable environment project through which we patronise new technologies that reduce air pollution . "

12. Condescend: 1 v behave in a patronizing and Condescending manner Type of: act , move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) v treat Condescendingly Synonyms: patronise , patronize Types: stoop to make concessions to Type of: interact act together or towards others or with others v do something that one considers to be below

13. Condescend: 1 v behave in a patronizing and condescending manner Type of: act , move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) v treat Condescendingly Synonyms: patronise , patronize Types: stoop to make concessions to Type of: interact act together or towards others or with others v do something that one considers to be below