look down one's nose
To regard as inferior or distastefulTo regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.
» He's an affected boy who looks down his nose at everybody.
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1 senses(idiomatic, usually)To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.
herabschauen, herabsehen, von oben herab behandeln
смотре́ть с высока́smotrétʹ s vysoká
Examples
3 sentencesHe's an affected boy who looks down his nose at everybody.
Tom didn't like the look of his nose, so he had a nose job.
deTom mochte das Aussehen seiner Nase nicht, weswegen er sie richten ließ. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yanni doesn't want to change the shape or the look of his nose.
Translations
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Forms
looks down one's nose, looking down one's nose, looked down one's nose, looked down one's nose| Base form | look down one's nose · to look down one's nose |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | looks down one's nose |
| Present participle | looking down one's nose |
| Past simple | looked down one's nose |
| Past participle | looked down one's nose |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | look down one's nose |
| he, she, it | looks down one's nose |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | looked down one's nose |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have looked down one's nose |
| he, she, it | has looked down one's nose |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will look down one's nose |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.