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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Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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The Bitcoin white paper, which was released in October, 2008, and the Bitcoin code, which followed shortly thereafter, have at times been disdained as clever bits of engineering pastiche.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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Netizens on China's X-like social media platform Weibo accused him of disrespecting the armed forces.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Speaking of women Gary has disrespected, Chief Stew Daisy is back as well.Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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An onlooker snapped a picture, which seemed to exemplify the lawlessness that is inherent to why some people love sideshows and others hate them.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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All the while, Elon Musk—a far-right activist and the site’s owner, who is campaigning for and giving away millions to help elect Donald Trump—amplifies horrendous conspiracy theories about voter fraud, migrants run amok, and the idea that Jewish people hate white people.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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During the height of the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef earlier this year, disses and responses were flying thick and fast across social media.Allegra Rosenberg, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dissed Nicky Jam and Anuel AA when the subject turned to Donald Trump at a recent congressional hearing.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
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We are despised, mistrusted and ridiculed at every turn.Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
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The original, of course, was not a musical, and did not feature an ending that everyone seems to despise.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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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 12 Nov. 2024.
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