"look down on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-look down on.ogg Forms: looks down on [present, singular, third-person], looking down on [participle, present], looked down on [participle, past], looked down on [past]
Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To regard or treat as inferior. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to regard or treat as inferior): تَرَفَّعَ (taraffaʕa) (Arabic), 看不起 (kànbùqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 瞧不起 (qiāobùqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 小看 (xiǎokàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 俯視 (Chinese Mandarin), 俯视 (fǔshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 輕視 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻视 (qīngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙視 (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙视 (bǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), dívat se spatra [imperfective] (Czech), povyšovat se (Czech), neerkijken op (Dutch), ylenkatsoa (Finnish), halveksia (Finnish), mépriser (French), regarder de haut (French), von oben herab behandeln [general] (German), hinabsehen auf (note: from perspective of superior also) (German), hinabschauen auf (German), herabsehen auf (note: from perspective of inferior also) (German), herabschauen auf (German), lenéz (Hungarian), guardare in basso (Italian), 見下す (mikudasu) (Japanese), 軽んじる (karonjiru) (Japanese), 軽視する (keishi suru) (Japanese), 軽蔑する (keibetsu suru) (Japanese), 얕보다 (yatboda) (Korean), 내려다보다 (naeryeodaboda) (Korean), 깔보다 (kkalboda) (Korean), despiciō (Latin), dēdignor (Latin), aspernor (Latin), žiūrėti iš aukšto (Lithuanian), whakatakē (Maori), tamatama (Maori), se ned på (Norwegian), rakke ned på (Norwegian), patrzeć z góry [imperfective] (Polish), menosprezar (Portuguese), смотре́ть свысока́ (smotrétʹ svysoká) (Russian), презира́ть (prezirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), pozerať zhora (na niekoho) (Slovak), pozerať opovržlivo (Slovak), menospreciar (Spanish), ningunear (Spanish), se ned på (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-look_down_on-en-verb-RMEJikiN Disambiguation of 'to regard or treat as inferior': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) To view from a vantage point. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-look_down_on-en-verb-~NpN2vgr
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: look down one's nose (english: at), look down upon Related terms: look upon
    Sense id: en-look_down_on-en-verb-WtKbR8Ss Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 87 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 8 11 81 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 7 11 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 10 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 12 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 16 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 11 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 19 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 12 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 11 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 11 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 10 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 11 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 14 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 11 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 10 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 10 74

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "look up to"
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          "ref": "2009 September 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, in Telegraph.co.uk:",
          "text": "He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.",
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          "word": "povyšovat se"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "neerkijken op"
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          "word": "ylenkatsoa"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "얕보다"
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          "roman": "naeryeodaboda",
          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "žiūrėti iš aukšto"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "whakatakē"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "se ned på"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "rakke ned på"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "word": "patrzeć z góry"
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          "word": "menosprezar"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "smotrétʹ svysoká",
          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "смотре́ть свысока́"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "roman": "prezirátʹ",
          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "word": "презира́ть"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "pozerať zhora (na niekoho)"
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          "word": "pozerať opovržlivo"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "menospreciar"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
          "word": "ningunear"
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          "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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          "ref": "1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in 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.",
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          "text": "I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.",
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        "To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven)."
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          "_dis1": "35 16 49",
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          "word": "look down one's nose"
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          "_dis1": "35 16 49",
          "word": "look down upon"
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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks down on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked down on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "look down on (third-person singular simple present looks down on, present participle looking down on, simple past and past participle looked down on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "look upon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, in Telegraph.co.uk:",
          "text": "He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To regard or treat as inferior."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To regard or treat as inferior."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To view from a vantage point."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vantage point",
          "vantage point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To view from a vantage point."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ],
        [
          "vantage point",
          "vantage point"
        ],
        [
          "afterlife",
          "afterlife"
        ],
        [
          "Heaven",
          "Heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "at",
      "word": "look down one's nose"
    },
    {
      "word": "look down upon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taraffaʕa",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "تَرَفَّعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kànbùqǐ",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "看不起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiāobùqǐ",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "瞧不起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎokàn",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "小看"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "俯視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔshì",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "俯视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "輕視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngshì",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "轻视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "鄙視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐshì",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "鄙视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dívat se spatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "povyšovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "neerkijken op"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "ylenkatsoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "halveksia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "mépriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "regarder de haut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "von oben herab behandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from perspective of superior also",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "hinabsehen auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "hinabschauen auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from perspective of inferior also",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "herabsehen auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "herabschauen auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "lenéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "guardare in basso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mikudasu",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "見下す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "karonjiru",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "軽んじる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishi suru",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "軽視する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibetsu suru",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "軽蔑する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yatboda",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "얕보다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naeryeodaboda",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "내려다보다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkalboda",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "깔보다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "despiciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "dēdignor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "aspernor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "žiūrėti iš aukšto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "whakatakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "tamatama"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "se ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "rakke ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "patrzeć z góry"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "menosprezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smotrétʹ svysoká",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "смотре́ть свысока́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prezirátʹ",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "презира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "pozerať zhora (na niekoho)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "pozerať opovržlivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "menospreciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "ningunear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
      "word": "se ned på"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look down on"
}

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