patronizing
Divide patronizing into syllables:
pa · tron · iz · ing
How to pronounce patronizing:
Synonyms for patronizing:
arch
arrogant
assumptive
authoritarian
boastful
bombastic
bossy
bumptious
cavalier
chesty
cocky
conceited
condescending
contemptuous
disdainful
dominant
dominating
domineering
egotistical
gracious
haughty
hifalutin
high-and-mighty
high-handed
huffy
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Antonyms for patronizing:
abject
acquiescent
admiring
approachable
arse-licking
ass-kissing
attentive
awed
biddable
bootlicking
brown-nosing
brownnosing
charming
chivalrous
civil
complaisant
compliant
considerate
courteous
courtly
crawling
cringing
deferential
docile
dutiful
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Other 4-syllable words like patronizing
Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like patronizing does.
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- unawakened
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- hesitating
- psychopathy
- differentiate
- eclectism
- fascination
- liberated
- persephone
- solemnity
- chrysanthemums
- nefarious
- unfurlable
- conceivable
- pessimistic
- postulation
- reliably
- resurrection
- apathetic
- enthusiasm
- interviewee
- anomaly
- analogous
- efficacy
- hegemony
- indecisive
- millennium
- autonomous
- peninsula
- narcissistic
- vulnerably
- lascivious
- prejudicial
- teetotaller
- analogy
- diacritic
- sagittate-leaf
- falteringly
- reevaluate
- concomitant
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