Synonyms for look down on
look down on

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1. look down onverb

   Synonyms:
   look down ones nose

   Antonyms:
   look up to

2. look down onverb

   To regard or treat as inferior.

   Synonyms:
   look down ones nose

   Antonyms:
   look up to

Princeton's WordNet

1. look down onverb

   regard with contempt

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

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1. • Contemn

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1. Father Christmas:

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Anibal Fernandez:

   History is going to look down on them badly.

5. Jesse Jackson:

   Never look down on anybody unless you helping him up.