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English

Alternative forms

look down upon

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Verb

look down on (third-person singular simple present looks down on, present participle looking down on, simple past and past participle looked down on)

(transitive, idiomatic) 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.
(transitive) To view from a vantage point.
- 1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 115:
  High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.
(transitive, idiomatic) To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven).
I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.

Synonyms

look down one's nose (at)

Antonyms

look up to

Translations

to regard or treat as inferior

Arabic: تَرَفَّعَ (taraffaʕa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看不起 (zh) (kànbùqǐ), 瞧不起 (zh) (qiāobùqǐ), 小看 (zh) (xiǎokàn), 俯視／俯视 (zh) (fǔshì), 輕視／轻视 (zh) (qīngshì), 鄙視／鄙视 (zh) (bǐshì)
Czech: dívat se spatra impf, povyšovat se
Dutch: neerkijken op
Finnish: ylenkatsoa, halveksia (fi)
French: mépriser (fr), regarder de haut (fr)
German: (general) von oben herab behandeln; (from perspective of superior also) hinabsehen auf, hinabschauen auf; (from perspective of inferior also) herabsehen auf, herabschauen auf
Hungarian: lenéz (hu)
Italian: guardare in basso
Japanese: 見下す (mikudasu), 軽んじる (ja) (karonjiru), 軽視する (ja) (keishi suru), 軽蔑する (ja) (keibetsu suru)
Korean: 얕보다 (yatboda), 내려다보다 (ko) (naeryeodaboda), 깔보다 (ko) (kkalboda)
Latin: despiciō, dēdignor, aspernor
Lithuanian: žiūrėti iš aukšto
Maori: whakatakē, tamatama
Norwegian: se ned på, rakke ned på
Polish: patrzeć z góry (pl) impf
Portuguese: menosprezar (pt)
Russian: смотре́ть свысока́ (smotrétʹ svysoká), презира́ть (ru) impf (prezirátʹ)
Slovak: pozerať (na niekoho) zhora, pozerať opovržlivo
Spanish: menospreciar (es), ningunear (es)
Swedish: se ned på

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 ===Alternative forms===
 * {{l|en|look down upon}}
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{audio|en|En-au-look down on.ogg|a=AU}}
 ===Verb===
-{{head|en|verb|head=[[look]] [[down]] [[on]]}}
+{{en-verb|*}}
-# {{label|en|transitive}} To regard or treat as [[inferior]].
+# {{lb|en|transitive|idiom}} To regard or treat as [[inferior]].
-#* {{quote-journal|date=September 25, 2009|author=Michael Deacon|title=Ross Noble: interview|work=Telegraph.co.uk|passage=He remembers feeling that people '''looked down on him''', and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.}}
+#* {{quote-journal|en|date=September 25, 2009|author=Michael Deacon|title=Ross Noble: interview|work=Telegraph.co.uk|passage=He remembers feeling that people '''looked down on him''', and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.}}
+# {{lb|en|transitive}} To view from a [[vantage point]].
+#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1948|month=March and April|title=A Keypoint in an Intensive Service|journal=Railway Magazine|page=115|text=High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it '''looks down on''' Southwark Cathedral.}}
+# {{lb|en|transitive|idiom}} To [[view]] [people or events on Earth] from the [[vantage point]] of the [[afterlife]] (originally, [[Heaven]]).
+#: {{ux|en|I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is '''looking down on''' Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.}}
 ====Synonyms====
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 ====Translations====
 {{trans-top|to regard or treat as inferior}}
-* Arabic: {{t-needed|ar}}
+* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَرَفَّعَ}}
 * Chinese:
-*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|看不起|tr=kànbùqǐ|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|瞧不起|tr=qiāobùqǐ|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|小看|tr=xiǎokàn|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|俯視|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|俯视|tr=fǔshì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|輕視|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|轻视|tr=qīngshì|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|鄙視|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|鄙视|tr=bǐshì|sc=Hani}}
+*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|看不起|tr=kànbùqǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|瞧不起|tr=qiāobùqǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|小看|tr=xiǎokàn}}, {{t+|cmn|俯視|tr=fǔshì}}, {{t+|cmn|輕視|tr=qīngshì}}, {{t+|cmn|鄙視|tr=bǐshì}}
+* Czech: {{t|cs|dívat se spatra|impf}}, {{t|cs|povyšovat|alt=povyšovat se}}
 * Dutch: {{t|nl|neerkijken op}}
 * Finnish: {{t|fi|ylenkatsoa}}, {{t+|fi|halveksia}}
-* French: {{t+|fr|mépriser}}
+* French: {{t+|fr|mépriser}}, {{t+|fr|regarder de haut}}
+* German: {{q|general}} {{t|de|[[von oben herab]] [[behandeln]]}}; {{q|from perspective of superior also}} {{t|de|[[hinabsehen]] [[auf]]}}, {{t|de|[[hinabschauen]] auf}}; {{q|from perspective of inferior also}} {{t|de|[[herabsehen]] auf}}, {{t|de|[[herabschauen]] auf}}
-* German: {{t|de|herabschauen auf}}
 * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lenéz}}
-{{trans-mid}}
 * Italian: {{t|it|guardare in basso}}
-* Japanese: {{t+|ja|軽蔑|tr=keibetsu suru|alt=軽蔑する|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|見下ろす|tr=miorosu|sc=Jpan}}
+* Japanese: {{t|ja|見下す|tr=mikudasu}}, {{t+|ja|軽んじる|tr=karonjiru}}, {{t+|ja|軽視|tr=keishi suru|alt=軽視する|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|軽蔑|tr=keibetsu suru|alt=軽蔑する|sc=Jpan}}
-* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
+* Korean: {{t|ko|얕보다}}, {{t+|ko|내려다보다}}, {{t+|ko|깔보다}}
-* Latin: {{t|la|despicio}}
+* Latin: {{t|la|despiciō}}, {{t|la|dēdignor}}, {{t|la|aspernor}}
 * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiūrėti iš aukšto}}
 * Maori: {{t|mi|whakatakē}}, {{t|mi|tamatama}}
-* Norwegian: {{t|no|se ned på}}
+* Norwegian: {{t|no|se ned på}}, {{t|no|rakke ned på}}
-* Polish: {{t-check|pl|[[patrzeć]] [[z]] [[góry]]}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|patrzeć z góry|impf}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|menosprezar}}
 * Russian: {{t|ru|смотре́ть свысока́}}, {{t+|ru|презира́ть|impf}}
+* Slovak: {{t|sk|pozerať (na niekoho) zhora}}, {{t|sk|pozerať opovržlivo}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|menospreciar}}
+* Spanish: {{t+|es|menospreciar}}, {{t+|es|ningunear}}
 * Swedish: {{t|sv|se ned på}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
+===See also===
-[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]
+* {{l|en|look upon}}
-[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (down)]]
-[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (on)]]
-[[et:look down on]]
-[[kn:look down on]]
-[[ku:look down on]]
-[[ja:look down on]]
-[[pl:look down on]]
-[[fi:look down on]]
-[[sv:look down on]]