Antonyms for look down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : loo k-doun

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʊkˌdaʊn

Definition of look down

Origin : type of sea fish, 1882, from look (v.) + down (adv.). So called from facial structure.

As in overlook : verb have a view of something
As in scan : verb look over, scrutinize lightly
As in scour : verb search thoroughly
As in tower : verb rise above

Example sentences :

To be able to look down where he looked up—what was it but superiority?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

We could look down among the timbers the same as if the vessel were on the stocks.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

In these days, there are too many who look down on hand-craft.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various

Him up there, all time walk where him can look down, mebbyso see you, mebbyso shootum.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Man cannot aspire if he look down; if he will rise, he must look up.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

What phantom of the brain did he pursue; and why did he look down so constantly?
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

You are above all this, and can look down at it as dross, and I like you for that also.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There was a balcony from which you could look down on the dancers as from the gallery of a playhouse.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Willy was walking to and fro across the road, not daring to look down.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

He put his finger beneath her chin and lifted her head to look down into her face.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for look down

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