Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To regard or treat as inferior.

    von oben herab behandeln, hinabsehen auf, hinabschauen auf

    смотре́ть свысока́smotrétʹ svysoká, презира́тьprezirátʹ

    regard with contempt

  2. (transitive)To view from a vantage point.

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

    I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.

Examples

794 sentences
  1. That shirt looks good on you.

    Ця сорочка тобі до лиця. — deniko

    ruЭта рубашка тебе идёт. — odexed

  2. Look at the picture on the wall.

    Подивись на картину на стіні. — deniko

    ruПосмотрите на картину на стене. — fjay69

    deSchauen Sie auf das Bild an der Wand. — Manfredo

  3. We shouldn't look down on other people.

    Ми не маємо зневажати інших людей. — iceman

    ruМы не должны смотреть свысока на других людей. — odexed

    deWir sollten nicht auf andere Menschen herabsehen. — Manfredo

  4. Look at that knight on the horse.

    Подивись-но на цього лицаря на коні. — deniko

    deSehen Sie sich den Ritter auf dem Pferd an! — aigi

  5. It looks like you've put on weight.

    Здається, ти погладшав. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to regard or treat as inferior:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to regard or treat as inferior:

Forms

looks down on, looking down on, looked down on, looked down on
Base formlook down on · to look down on
3rd person singularlooks down on
Present participlelooking down on
Past simplelooked down on
Past participlelooked down on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylook down on
he, she, itlooks down on

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked down on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave looked down on
he, she, ithas looked down on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look down on

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Antonyms

18 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlook upon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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