as in walked over
to show contempt for
I am tired of the way they look down on us like we aren't good enough for them
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The launch was a disaster — users hated the new bot, which generated inaccurate results and appeared unable to replicate some of the tasks that earlier versions could execute.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Oh, and New Amy also discovers than everyone pretty much hated Old Amy, who was a demanding, uncompromising chief of internal medicine with no time for niceties.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Even though many media members and fans have disrespected him by calling him a game manager, Hurts has continued to make plays.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The Dreyfusards, his defenders, were largely liberal supporters of the secular, democratic Republic; the anti-Dreyfusards were mostly Roman Catholic reactionaries who despised everything the modern state represented.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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This alone was enough to ensure they were despised by others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Looked down (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looked%20down%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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