look down on

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look down on - regard with contempt; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest"

contemn, despise, disdain, scorn - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

admire, look up to - feel admiration for

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? look down on

vi +prep obj → herabsehen auf (+acc); you shouldn’t look down on his attempts to help → du solltest ihn nicht belächeln, wenn er versucht zu helfen

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