Definition of patronising

"patronising" in the verb sense

1. patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor

do one's shopping at do business with be a customer or client of

2. sponsor, patronize, patronise

assume sponsorship of

3. patronize, patronise, condescend

treat condescendingly

4. patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going

be a regular customer or client of

"We patronize this store"

"Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"

"patronising" in the adjective sense

1. arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising

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

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patronising in Scrabble®

The word patronising is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters patronising:

PATRONISING
(135)
PATRONISING
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (57 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word patronising

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In patronising

PATRONISING
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PATRONISING
(135)
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patronising in Words With Friends™

The word patronising is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters patronising:

PATRONISING
(216)
PATRONISING
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (57 words)

agonist, airings, anoints, arising, aspirin, atoning, gastrin, ignitor, ingrain, introns, ironing, nations, nonarts, opining, orating, origins, paining, pairing, panting, parings, parsing, parting, pasting, patrons, pianist, piarist, pinions, poising, porting, posting, prating, raining, raising, ranting, rasping, ratings, rations, rinsing, rioting, roaning, saponin, signora, snaring, sniping, snoring, soaping, soaring, sorting, sparing, spiring, spiting, spongin, sporing, staring, stoning, storing, tapings

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word patronising

PATRONISING
(216)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In patronising

PATRONISING
(216)
PATRONISING
(216)
PATRONISING
(198)
PATRONISING
(120)
PATRONISING
(120)
SNIPING
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Words within the letters of patronising

2 letter words in patronising (19 words)

10 letter words in patronising (2 words)

11 letter words in patronising (1 word)

Words containing the sequence patronising

Words that start with patronising (2 words)

Words with patronising in them (2 words)

Words that end with patronising (2 words)

Word Growth involving patronising

Shorter words in patronising

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Longer words containing patronising

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