look down on

English

Alternative forms

• look down upon

Pronunciation

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Verb

look down on

1. (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.

Synonyms

• look down one's nose (at)

Antonyms

• look up to

Translations

to regard or treat as inferior

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看不起 (zh) (kànbùqǐ), 瞧不起 (zh) (qiāobùqǐ), 小看 (zh) (xiǎokàn), 俯視／俯视 (zh) (fǔshì), 俯视 (zh) (fǔshì), 輕視／轻视 (zh) (qīngshì), 轻视 (zh) (qīngshì), 鄙視／鄙视 (zh) (bǐshì), 鄙视 (zh) (bǐshì)

• Czech: dívat se spatra impf, povyšovat se impf
• Dutch: neerkijken op
• Finnish: ylenkatsoa, halveksia (fi)
• French: mépriser (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 (ja) (mikudasu), 軽んじる (ja) (karonjiru), 軽視する (ja) (keishi suru), 軽蔑する (ja) (keibetsu suru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
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• Latin: despiciō, dēdignor, aspernor
• Lithuanian: žiūrėti iš aukšto
• Maori: whakatakē, tamatama
• Norwegian: se ned på, rakke ned på
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} patrzeć z góry
• 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