LOOK DOWN ON

Meaning of LOOK DOWN ON in English

To ~ someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true.

I wasn’t successful, so they looked down on me.

PHRASAL VERB: V P P n

Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012

LOOK DOWN ON — despise, scorn
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LOOK DOWN ON — regard with a feeling of superiority. → look
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOOK DOWN ON — To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK DOWN ON — = look down upon
Slang English vocab
LOOK DOWN ON — See ↑ PROUD 4
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK DOWN ON — DISDAIN, scorn, regard with contempt, look down one's nose at, sneer at, despise. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK DOWN ON — look as if you are better, look superior Do some Americans look down on people from Canada?
English Idioms vocab
LOOK DOWN ON — look as if you are better, look superior Do some Americans look down on people from Canada?
English Idioms vocabulary
LOOK DOWN ON — v. To think of (a person or thing) as less good or important; feel that (someone) is not as good …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LOOK DOWN ON — смотреть сверху вниз
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LOOK DOWN ON — смотреть сверху вниз
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LOOK DOWN ON — (v.phr.) смотреть свысока
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
LOOK DOWN ON — смотреть свысока, презрительно
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LOOK DOWN ON — смотреть свысока, презрительно
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LOOK DOWN ON — (v.phr.) смотреть свысока
English Russian slang dictionary
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOOK
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I noun BAD : The report takes a close look on meat consumption. GOOD : The report takes a close …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOK — look.ogg 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOWN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOK — look сущ.1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to take, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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