Antonyms of verb look_down_on

1 sense of look down on

Sense 1
look down on -- (regard with contempt; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest")
       Antonym of admire (Sense 1)
      => admire, look up to -- (feel admiration for)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb look_down_on

1 sense of look down on

Sense 1
look down on -- (regard with contempt; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest")
       => contemn, despise, scorn, disdain -- (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")