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Patronizing vs Disparaging - What's the difference?

patronizing | disparaging |

As adjectives the difference between patronizing and disparaging

is that patronizing is offensively condescending while disparaging is insulting, ridiculing.

As verbs the difference between patronizing and disparaging

is that patronizing is while disparaging is .

As a noun disparaging is

disparagement.

patronizing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • offensively condescending

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)

    • disparaging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
    • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .