matronize (English, verb)
expansion: matronize (third-person singular simple present matronizes, present participle matronizing, simple past and past participle matronized)
Senses:
glosses: To make a matron of; to make matron-like.
tags: transitive
glosses: To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone.
tags: transitive
glosses: To criticize from a feminist perspective.
tags: derogatory
sometimes
transitive
glosses: Of a woman: to patronize or be condescending towards.
tags: derogatory
sometimes
transitive
Forms:
form: matronizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: matronizing
tags: participle
present
form: matronized
tags: participle
past
form: matronized
tags: past
form: matronise
tags: alternative