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English verb: look down on

1. look down on (emotion) regard with contempt


SamplesThe new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)contemn, despise, disdain, scorn


Antonymsadmire, look up to









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