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Definition

To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.

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In Context

  • "You look too high and mighty; customers would think you were looking down your nose at them."
  • "The New York Daily News's Columnist John O'Donnell, a Taftman, looked down his nose at Eisenhower's campaign."
  • "[S]he has such a superior look about her, you know, like some snooty society matron, looking down her nose at the rest of us."
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