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patronizing
(mass) | patronizing
- podporujúci, podporovanie |
patronizing
(encz) | patronizing,podporování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Patronizing
(gcide) | Patronizing \Pa"tron*i`zing\, a.
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a
superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv.
--Thackeray.
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Patronizing
(gcide) | Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to
favor; to aid.
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The idea has been patronized by two States only.
--A. Hamilton.
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2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
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3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and
protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to
patronize one's equals.
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patronizing
(wn) | patronizing
adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
who treat others with condescension [syn: arch,
condescending, patronizing, patronising] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
patronizing
(mass) | patronizing
- podporujúci, podporovanie |
patronizing
(encz) | patronizing,podporování n: Zdeněk Brož |
patronizingly
(encz) | patronizingly,povýšeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Impatronizing
(gcide) | Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impatronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Impatronizing.]
To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a
seigniory. [R.] --Bacon.
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Patronizingly
(gcide) | Patronizing \Pa"tron*i`zing\, a.
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a
superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv.
--Thackeray.
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patronizing
(wn) | patronizing
adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
who treat others with condescension [syn: arch,
condescending, patronizing, patronising] |
patronizingly
(wn) | patronizingly
adv 1: with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats
his secretary condescendingly" [syn: condescendingly,
patronizingly, patronisingly] |
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