patronizing

«patronizing» in Mova's school dictionary: Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (patronizing, more patronizing, most patronizing)

meaning for a pupil

Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a smile or tone that looks down on others; the Giant's small friends were not meant to be patronized

examples

• Don't be so patronizing; I can do it myself. tree →
• She gave him a patronizing smile. tree →
• The giant spoke in a patronizing voice to the children. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «patronizing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.