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What is another word for looking down?

Looking down may refer to the act of looking downwards.

Looking down is also frequently used as part of the phrasal verb look down on.

Here's a list of synonyms for looking down on.

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Present participle for to regard or treat as inferior

Present participle for to speak to another person in a demeaning or patronizing way

Present participle for to reject with disdain or contempt

Present participle for to mock or express scorn at something or someone

Present participle for to feel distaste for or hostility towards

Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little or less worth

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Present participle for to regard or treat as inferior

treating with contempt

regarding with contempt

turning your nose up at

look down one's nose at

spitting in the face of

turning back on

gibing

repudiating

spitting in the eye of

refusing to acknowledge

brushing off

having contempt for

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“It's easy to look down on down-and-outs and forget that they are a community in their own right.”

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Present participle for to speak to another person in a demeaning or patronizing way

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Present participle for to reject with disdain or contempt

giving someone the brush-off

giving the brush

cold-shouldering

giving someone the go-by

telling someone where to get off

treating with contempt

turning your nose up at

giving the cold shoulder

giving the bum's rush

treating disrespectfully

giving the cold shoulder to

showing disrespect for

looking down upon

turning deaf ear to

not giving time of day

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

looking straight through

acting cool

refusing to acknowledge

keeping at arm's length

putting aside

avoiding

turning away

pretending not to see

excluding

keeping at a distance

keeping at bay

driving away

setting aside

handing someone the frozen mitt

shutting out

making unwelcome

turning up one's nose

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

putting out of your mind

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

turning a deaf ear to

pushing aside

giving the brushoff

having no time for

paying no attention to

shutting eyes to

looking through

sweeping aside

turning a blind eye to

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Present participle for to mock or express scorn at something or someone

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Present participle for to feel distaste for or hostility towards

regarding with disgust

regarding with distaste

having an aversion to

not enduring

losing interest in

taking a dim view of

bearing malice toward

having hard feelings

having no stomach for

look down one's nose at

having no use for

passing on

taking dim view of

having a poor opinion of

having a problem with

viewing with disfavour

viewing with dislike

having a low opinion of

holding no brief for

pooh-poohing

turning your nose up at

holding in disdain

not going for

lookng down at

regarding with contempt

not thinking much of

treating with contempt

feeling hostile towards

disliking greatly

feeling revulsion towards

feeling aversion towards

feeling malice to

bearing a grudge against

putting down

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Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little or less worth

undervaluing

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

setting little store by

rating too low

doing an injustice to

setting no store by

thinking too little of

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

dragging through the mud

picking holes in

doing a hatchet job on

finding fault with

taking down a peg

dumping on

casting aspersions on

libeling^US

libelling^UK

pummelling^UK

dishonoring^US

throwing brickbats at

look down one's nose at

knocking off high horse

commenting negatively

setting too little store by

failing to appreciate

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

giving something a battering

giving a bad press to

shooting full of holes

blackening the name of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

criticizing unfairly

blackening the character of

dragging through the mire

casting a slur on

flinging mud at

blackening someone's name

slinging mud

running smear campaign

running a smear campaign against

spreading scandal about

letting someone have it

pinning it on

giving something a bad press

declaring unfit

laying at one's door

sending up

giving someone a bad press

sending up the river

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