Synonyms for look down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : loo k-doun |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʊkˌdaʊn |
Top 10 synonyms for look down Other synonyms for the word look down
- afford a view
- ascend
- be above
- beat
- command
- command a view
- consider
- contemplate
- dip into
- exceed
- extend above
- ferret out
- find
- forage
- front on
- give on
- give the once-over
- give upon
- glance at
- glance over
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- grub
- have a look-see
- have a prospect of
- hunt
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look down
- look for
- look high and low
- look out
- look through
- look up and down
- loom
- mount
- overlook
- oversee
- overtop
- rake
- ransack
- rear
- regard
- riff
- riffle
- rout
- rumble
- rummage
- run over
- run through
- scour
- search
- seek
- size up
- skim
- soar
- soar above
- study
- surmount
- surpass
- survey
- sweep
- take a gander
- take stock of
- thumb through
- top
- tower over
- track down
- transcend
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- view
- watch over
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for look down
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