English verb: look down on | |||
1. | look down on (emotion) regard with contempt | ||
Samples | The new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contemn, despise, disdain, scorn | ||
Antonyms | admire, look up to | ||