look down on

Verb

Meaning

regard with contempt

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

scout shun slight mock disdain scorn despise detest disparage deride belittle sneer patronize abhor revile
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Antonyms

admire look up to respect honor praise treasure
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Hypernyms

disdain scorn despise contemn

Examples

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. Napoleon Bonaparte

Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell. Irving Layton

If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you. Jennifer Egan

The ancient dream of man to fly among the stars and go through the could and look down on the lands and seas has degenerated in its realization to the socialized and apathetic behavior of passengers who hardly look out the windows. Paul Goodman

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on. Sinclair Lewis

Close letter words and terms

look daggers at someone look delighted look down look down one's nose look down one's nose at look down upon