look down (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for look down (on or upon)
Verb
  • Kleinfeld disdains the concept of work-life separation.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Even Netflix’s content factory is now licensing the very YouTube creators whom audiences once disdained as amateurs.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • My wife constantly disrespects me.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Angry Wave Sumrall suggested that Northwestern disrespected New Orleans when the Wildcats declined the Green Wave’s request to wear all-white uniforms without logos, like the 2005 Tulane team did in its first game after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
    Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the goalposts have been moved again, reinforcing that the entire game now is just the endless pursuit of a light level, something fans have hated so much in Destiny it was reduced or even removed in the past.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, it is made the show less funny, less interesting, and symptomatic of a larger trend where the award show hates itself for no particular reason.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Or secretly despise his own connivance?
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This alone was enough to ensure they were despised by others.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Look down (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20down%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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