Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looking down upon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
look-ing -down upon
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of look down upon

Questions

What does looking down upon mean?
present participle and gerund of look down upon

How to pronounce looking down upon

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