look down on

English

Alternative forms

• look down upon

Verb

look down on

1. (transitive) To regard or treat as inferior.
   • 2009‎ Sep 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, 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 (cmn) (kànbùqǐ), 瞧不起 (cmn) (qiāobùqǐ), 小看 (cmn) (xiǎokàn), 俯視 (cmn), 俯视 (cmn) (fǔshì), 輕視 (cmn), 轻视 (cmn) (qīngshì), 鄙視 (cmn), 鄙视 (cmn) (bǐshì)

• Dutch: neerkijken op (nl)
• Finnish: ylenkatsoa (fi), halveksia (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: herabschauen auf (de)
• Hungarian: lenéz (hu)

• Italian: guardare in basso (it)
• Japanese: 軽蔑する (ja) (keibetsu suru), 見下ろす (ja) (miorosu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: žiūrėti iš aukšto (lt)
• Norwegian: se ned på (no)
• Polish: patrzeć z góry
• Portuguese: menosprezar (pt)
• Russian: смотреть свысока (ru) (smotr'ét' svysoká), презирать (ru) (pr'ezirát') impf.
• Spanish: menospreciar (es)
• Swedish: se ned på (sv)