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  1. look down onverb

    Antonyms:
    look up to

    Synonyms:
    look down ones nose

  2. look down onverb

    To regard or treat as inferior.

    Synonyms:
    look down ones nose

    Antonyms:
    look up to

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  1. look down onverb

    regard with contempt

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

How to use look down on in a sentence?

  1. Churchill:

    A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal.

  2. Carole Lieberman:

    I think her presence in the classroom, given that her past life will undoubtedly be revealed, will be a definite distraction, for one thing, it presents a challenge to men in the class to have sex with her and I guess some women will feel she’s a feminist and they’ll respect her for that. But there will be other women who will look down on her for doing porn and people who think she doesn’t belong there — that it diminishes the seriousness or the status of being a lawyer.

  3. Jessie Jackson:

    Never look down on somebody unless you're helping them up.

  4. Jesse Jackson:

    Never look down on anybody unless you helping him up.

  5. Father Christmas:

    Talk to them like (you talk) to grownups... Never look down on them.

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