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Definition

To regard or treat as inferior.

To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven).

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In Context

  • "He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus."
  • "I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become."
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Also Said As

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Opposite In Meaning

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See Also

  • look upon