look down on
[verb]
Synonyms: disdain, contemn, despise, scorn, sneer, spurn

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look down on something/somebody phrasal verb (see also look)
to think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are:
Mr Garcia looks down on anyone who hasn’t had a college education.

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look down on
look down on (someone/something)
to consider someone or something as not important or of value.
“A lot of people look down on us because we're homeless,” she says.

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look down on something
look down on (someone/something)
to consider someone or something as not important or of value.
“A lot of people look down on us because we're homeless,” she says.

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look down on
• look down on (someone or something)
regard someone or something with contempt or a feeling of superiority
My cousin looks down on the activities and life of most small towns.

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look down on something
• look down on (someone or something)
regard someone or something with contempt or a feeling of superiority
My cousin looks down on the activities and life of most small towns.

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look down on
v. To think of (a person or thing) as less good or important; feel that (someone) is not as good as you are, or that (something) is not worth having or doing; consider inferior.
Mary looked down on her classmates because she was better dressed than they were.
Jack looked down on Al for his poor manners.
Miss Tracy likes tennis but she looks down on football as too rough.

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look down on someone
look down on (someone/something)
to consider someone or something as not important or of value.
“A lot of people look down on us because we're homeless,” she says.

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look down on someone
• look down on (someone or something)
regard someone or something with contempt or a feeling of superiority
My cousin looks down on the activities and life of most small towns.

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