look-down

[ look-doun ]

noun

1. the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.

look down

verb

1. intr, adverb; foll by on or upon to express or show contempt or disdain (for)
2. look down one's nose at informal.
   to be contemptuous or disdainful of

Example Sentences

One bite too many, and I could look down and practically see my thighs expanding before my eyes.

From The Daily Beast

At the end of their call, the kid told Becker he would still walk over the bridge, but from now on would not look down.

From The Daily Beast

They take you to this big window and you look down at all these people in suits and ties and say, “This is your flock.”

From The Daily Beast

Herzog belongs to a long line of American intellectual heroes who come to look down on the purely intellectual life.

From The Daily Beast

I look down for a second and miss the coming together of the items.

From The Daily Beast

Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.

From Project Gutenberg

But as we came opposite camp, MacRae took a notion to look down and see what they were about.

From Project Gutenberg

“I used rather to look down upon Europe as a place where people knew nothing at all,” said he.

From Project Gutenberg

He stopped suddenly, however, and pulled out of the machine to look down at Chub.

From Project Gutenberg

You enter the inn, and the old Quentin Durward court-yard, on which the old towers look down.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dominate
• look out on
• look over