Don't patronize me.
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Patronize
//ˈpeɪtɹənaɪz//
Synonyms for "patronize" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
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Related words (37)
Verb(11 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 25 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- begenis verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отнасям се снизходително verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- покровителствам verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Chinese
1 entries- 栽培 verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 光顧 /光顾 verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- 幫襯 /帮衬 verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- 栽培 verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 光顧 /光顾 verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- 栽培 verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Dutch
3 entries- betuttelen verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- bevoogden verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- denigreren verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Finnish
4 entries- asioida verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- holhota verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- olla asiakkaana verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- suhtautua alentuvasti verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
French
4 entries- fréquenter verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- paternaliser verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- patrociner verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- prendre de haut verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
German
4 entries- als Kunde regelmäßig besuchen verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- beschirmen verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
- beschützen verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
- bevormunden verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 栽培 verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Hungarian
1 entries- véd verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
Italian
4 entries- degnarsi verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- frequentare verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- patrocinare verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- sponsorizzare verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
Japanese
2 entries- 取り付ける verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- 愛顧する verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Mongolian
1 entries- ивээх verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Nepali
1 entries- हेप्नु verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Old Armenian
1 entries- խնամեմ verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Polish
2 entries- patronować verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
- wywyższać się verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Portuguese
3 entries- apadrinhar verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
- frequentar verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- tratar condescendentemente verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Russian
3 entries- обраща́ться снисходи́тельно verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- опека́ть verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
- смотре́ть свысока́ verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Spanish
4 entries- condescender verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- frecuentar verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
- hablar con tono paternalista verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- huevear verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Swedish
2 entries- mästra verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- vara nedlåtande mot verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Tagalog
1 entries- tangkilik verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Thai
1 entries- อุดหนุน verb (to make oneself a customer of a business)
Turkish
2 entries- küçümsemek verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
- yukarıdan konuşmak verb (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority)
Welsh
1 entries- noddi verb (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
You don't need to patronize me.
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You don't have to patronize me.
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Do not patronize me.
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