English

Alternative forms

• look down upon

Verb

look down on

1. (transitive) To regard or treat as inferior.
   • 2009 September 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, in Telegraph.co.uk:

     He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.

Synonyms

• look down one's nose (at)

Antonyms

• look up to

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