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LOOK DOWN ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regard with contempt

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "look down on" is one way to...):

contemn; despise; disdain; scorn (look down on with disdain)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

admire (feel admiration for)

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