Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looking down one's nose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
look-ing -down one's nose
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of look down one's nose

Questions

What does looking down one's nose mean?
present participle and gerund of look down one's nose

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