patronising

adj

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of patronizing.

   “As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of patronise