patronize 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 "patronize" in a sentence

1. Don't you patronize me!

2. Jesus, don't patronize me!

3. We patronize our neighbourhood stores.

4. Finally, do not patronize pornography.

5. Thought Laotaibuxiao, still no one patronize.

6. I'll never patronize that store again.

7. We dislike to have anyone patronize us.

8. Others are refused to patronize the firm.

9. That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.

10. Don't patronize me. I'm not a child.

11. Some television programmes tend to patronize children.

12. I'm not trying to patronize you, Oliver.

13. Draw on, large quantity food guest, come patronize!

14. Welcome old and new clients come to patronize.

15. A: It makes sense to patronize a travel agent.

16. Welcome customers new or old to visit and patronize.

17. Has been by the old and new customers patronize.

18. We cordially welcome all friends and abroad to consult and patronize.

19. Welcome domestic and international enterprise and friend to patronize cooperation heartily.

20. We always patronize Beaumont's - the food is so good there.

21. What encouraged me not to become your surety, but to patronize you?

22. If you're gonna patronize me, at least put your fucking back into it.

23. She's almost but she gets very annoyed with anyone who tries to patronize her.

24. What does Barhop mean? To patronize a series of bars during an evening

25. The ladies of Berne liked to patronize the Palace for tea and little cakes.

26. It's kind of easy to patronize the past, to forego our responsibilities in the present.

27. If we cannot resurrect, the moral angel will never patronize our sullied spiritual habitat.

28. Nor did he patronize or overindulge her by giving her three extra pieces of cake.

29. Just because you're older than me, it doesn't give you the right to patronize me.

30. We thus had a perfect relationship: each of us felt that he could patronize the other.

31. I gather from the elliptical description that follows that he began to patronize the coffee shop a lot more frequently.

32. 27 synonyms for condescend: patronize, talk down to, treat like a child, treat as inferior, treat Condescendingly, deign, see fit, lower yourself

33. 27 synonyms for Condescend: patronize, talk down to, treat like a child, treat as inferior, treat Condescendingly, deign, see fit, lower yourself

34. She first turned on to a career in forensic science by the off-hours cops and criminalists who would patronize the club.

35. Patronize, talk down to, treat like a child, treat as inferior, treat Condescendingly a writer who does not condescend to his readers 2

36. 103 synonyms for Attend: be present, go to, visit, be at, be there, be here, frequent, haunt, appear at, turn up at, patronize, show up at, show yourself

37. If global warming really is the catastrophe the alarmists claim, the least they can do for its victims is not to patronize them while impoverishing them in the bargain.

38. 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

39. American women of means and culture were the first to patronize the art of Bookbinding. Their enthusiastic encouragement has enabled the artistic bookbinder to succeed, and their fancy for exquisite books can no more be dismissed as a fad than their penchant for dainty china, or fine paintings, or Pompeian vases.

40. 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

41. 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