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Synonyms for patronizing

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Synonyms for patronizing

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

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Damian Echendu, warned that treating eyes problem with urine and patronizing quacks for such medical service, will lead to total blindness.
On this occasion, Director General of Equestrian Club Adel bin Abdullah Al-Mazroa thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for patronizing this event which reflects his care and support for this sport.
Pakistan Army has established LGSG, which is spread over 20 acres of land, with a unique aim to provide multiple services ranging from patronizing and encouraging shooting sport to grooming young shooters in the country.
More criminal charges for maintaining and patronizing a drug den have been filed against 18 Taiwanese and seven Chinese nationals who were arrested in Boracay, the country's prime resort island in Aklan province.
KARACHI -- The ministers of Pakistan People's Party's Sindh Government have been accused of patronizing Islamic States, also known as Daish, in Sindh.
Organising Committee Chairman and Bahrain Football Association Deputy Chairman for Administrative Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Nuaimi paid tribute to Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa for patronizing the final ceremony.
He said that the Ahle Sunnat-o-Aljama'at would not play the role of silent spectator rather it would unveil those involved in the incidents as well as the elements patronizing them.
I've decided to use your magazine to follow one of your wealth building principles: patronizing black-owned businesses.
* "Unfortunately, the financial reality of most of our lives still makes the less expensive choice the most likely choice, although I do try to avoid patronizing companies that are explicitly antigay."
Workers are issuing a citizens' appeal to Pepsi's chief, Wayne Callaway, and supporters of the campaign are pledging to stop purchasing Pepsi products and patronizing the Pepsi-owned restaurants Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut.
Fashion's affair with the living substance of aura, seediness, and mortality was unbearable, obscene; like the maternal body, it was an impossible pleasure quickly repressed by a strict grunge etiquette of thinness, taste, and the patronizing attitude exercised toward teens.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Commander of the academy, Lieutenant General Khaled bin Abdullah Allaboun,has expressed thanks to and appreciation of the Crown Prince for patronizing the ceremony which will give a great incentive to the Saudi air forces to exert more efforts to achieve the leadership's aspirations.
Shaikh Khalid took pride in patronizing the sport event, adding that it would be a success.