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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condescending |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, pretentious, snobbish, snobby, stooping |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend |
| Synonyms: | be gracious to, be lofty, be overbearing, deign, favor, indulge, look down on, pat on the back, snub, stoop, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, treat as inferior, treat badly, treat like a child |
| Antonyms: | be humble, be modest |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support a cause |
| Synonyms: | assist, back, befriend, foster, fund, help, maintain, promote, sponsor, subscribe to |
| Antonyms: | antagonize, contend, oppose |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do business at an establishment |
| Synonyms: | be a client, be a customer, buy, buy from, deal with, frequent, give business to, habituate, purchase from, shop at, shop with, trade with |
| Antonyms: | ignore, use competition |
| Main Entry: | condescending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobby, lordly |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, la-dee-da, lofty, patronizing, snobbish, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, humble |
| Main Entry: | lofty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, high and mighty |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, cavalier, condescending, disdainful, grandiose, haughty, high-minded, immodest, insolent, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snooty, supercilious |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
| Main Entry: | patronage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condescension |
| Synonyms: | civility, cronyism, deference, deigning, disdain, insolence, patronization, patronizing, stooping, sufferance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty |
| Main Entry: | snobbish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck-up, conceited |
| Synonyms: | aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-flown, high-hat, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs, remote, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, swanky, tony, uppish, uppity |
| Antonyms: | accepting, benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stuck-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobbish |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, big-headed, cocky, conceited, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, hoity-toity, nose in the air, ostentatious, patronizing, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, snippy, snooty, snotty, too big for one's britches, uppity, vain |
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