look down on with disdain - He despises the people he has to work for - The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately • Syn: despise, scorn, disdain • Derivationally related forms: disdain (for: disdain), scorn (for: scorn), scorner (for: scorn), despising (for: despise), despisal (for: despise) • Hypernyms: hate, detest • Hyponyms: look down on • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody