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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Stevie Wonder used his Detroit homecoming as an opportunity to clap back at presidential candidate Donald Trump for disrespecting the city during the campaign.Gary Graff, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
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Indiana is still being disrespected, despite never having trailed this season.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Johnson delivers a tremendous, booming performance that draws real fear and hate from the audience.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
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What else is going on UCLA students and faculty are raising alarms over antisemitic and anti-Palestinian hate amid ongoing protests.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2024.
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