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見下す · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Expresses a superior attitude toward someone or something, often with contempt or disdain.

〈人ひと〉を見み下くだすto look down on someone
彼かれはいつも部ぶ下かを見み下くだしている。
He always looks down on his subordinates.
〈人ひと〉を見み下くだしたような態たい度どをとるto take a condescending attitude toward someone
彼かの女じょは新しん人じんを見み下くだしたような態たい度どをとった。
She took a condescending attitude toward the new employee.
見み下くだした目めで見みるto look at someone with condescending eyes
彼かれはいつも周まわりを見み下くだした目めで見みている。
He always looks at the people around him with condescending eyes.

軽けい蔑べつN1
軽蔑する is a more formal, explicit word for despising someone, while 見下す emphasizes a condescending attitude of superiority.
馬ば鹿かにするN2
馬鹿にする is a casual way to say someone is being mocked or treated as foolish, whereas 見下す focuses on a broader sense of looking down on someone's worth.
見みくびるN1
見くびる means to underestimate or belittle someone's ability, while 見下す is broader and covers general contempt or condescension.
侮あなどるN1
侮る means to underestimate or take someone lightly, often implying carelessness, while 見下す stresses a feeling of being above someone.

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蔑さげすむN1
蔑む is a literary, strong word for scorning or despising someone, while 見下す is more common and can range from mild condescension to outright contempt.
軽かろんじるN1
見下す means to look down on someone with condescension, while 軽んじる focuses on treating someone or something as unimportant.
子こ供ども扱あつかいN2
見下す means to look down on someone in general, while 子供扱い specifically means treating an adult as if they were a child.
貶おとしめる
見下す means to look down on someone from a position of assumed superiority, while 貶める implies actively trying to damage that person's reputation or worth.
舐なめるN2
見下す is a formal, direct way to say 'look down on', while 舐める is slangy and carries a stronger nuance of contempt.

尊そん敬けいN3
尊敬する means to respect and admire someone, the opposite attitude of 見下す, which means to look down on them with contempt.
一いち目もく置おくN1
見下す means to look down on someone as inferior, the opposite of 一目置く, which means to recognize someone as superior.
見み上あげるN3
見下す means to look down on or despise someone, the negative social opposite of the figurative sense of 見上げる.

見み下おろすN3
見下ろす means to physically look down from a high place, while 見下す means to look down on someone emotionally with contempt or condescension.
下くだすN1
見下す means to look down on someone with contempt, a very different meaning from 下す's sense of handing down a formal decision or defeating an opponent.

Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 下す (kudasu, 'lower'). Literally 'to look down', extended to a figurative sense of looking down on someone.