as in to disdain
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 Republicans who disdained him and tried to terminate his leadership have made his point by leaving the party and becoming Democrats (or at least voting for Democrats).—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025 -
For his second presidential term, Donald Trump stacked his health team with men who disdain the medical consensus.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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Without them, distrust and disrespect undermine the actions.—
John S. Tobey,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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America elected a president who mocks the disabled; who is a blatant racist; who disrespects women; who denied there was a COVID pandemic as thousands of people died daily, and who openly told the country his plans of becoming a dictator.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Resume details aside, while one hates to hitch an actress’s castability to something as random and mutable as her appearance, Pidgeon also has exactly the pensive, porcelain-skinned, vaguely patrician beauty necessary to make a credible CBK.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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This hate against transgender people is so ridiculous.—
Yolanda Machado,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Comments David disses Survivor winners from the past.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Before that, Yeezy dissed Virgil in February, calling him out alongside Drake in yet another X/Twitter rant.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Why are all these cases involving the coddling of savages who despise America seem to end up in front of card-carrying fellow travelers like Boasberg and Sorokin?—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Hamilton despised slavery and fought to end it — at least, that’s what most history books say.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 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 20 Apr. 2025.
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