: showing or characterized by a superior attitude towards others : marked by condescension
patronizing comments
No more endearing is his patronizing jocularity … Marilyn Stasio
They say that by continuing to focus solely on the winners, historians have been as patronizing to their subjects as the colonialists themselves. Ethan Bronner
… without being patronizing, she helps her Maasai friends with everything from land disputes to school problems.The New Yorker
Throughout the evening, we've watched Stein alternate between patronizingly taking the students to task for their ignorance and spinning hilariously self-serving tales about his own accomplishments and famous friends. Elisabeth Vincentelli
patronizingnessnoun
… behaved with an uncertain mixture of sympathy, patronizingness and control. Anna Grimshaw