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looked disdainfully at

[lʊkt dɪsˈdeɪnfəli æt]
verb phrase
olhou com desdém para
1. to regard someone or something with contempt, scorn, or a sense of superiority
She looked disdainfully at the proposal and rejected it immediately.
Ela olhou com desdém para a proposta e a rejeitou imediatamente.
2. to gaze at someone with an expression showing disapproval or contempt
He looked disdainfully at the street performers.
Ele olhou com desdém para os artistas de rua.
NYC Slang
gave someone the stink eye / looked them up and down
Synonyms
looked scornfully atgazed contemptuously atregarded with contemptsneered atlooked down on
Antonyms
looked admiringly atlooked respectfully atgazed fondly atregarded highly

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
olhou com desdém para / olhou com desprezo para
Most common form in Brazil
São Paulo
olhou com desdém para
Standard urban usage
Portugal
olhou com desdém para / mirou com desprezo
Formal and colloquial variants used in Portugal

Related Idioms & Phrases

turn one's nose up at
look down one's nose at
curl one's lip at
give someone the cold shoulder
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