Meanings
verblook on (third-person singular simple present looks on, present participle looking on, simple past and past participle looked on)
present singular third person looks on · participle present looking on · participle past looked on · past looked on
- idiomaticTo think of something in a particular way.
We don't look kindly on people like you.
2 more examples
I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.
I look poorly on any suggestion of overspending.
Synonyms & antonyms
verblook on as or consider
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian наблюдавам, считам
- наблюдавам (nabljudavam)to watch; to observe
- считам (sčitam)to think of something in a particular way
Czech přihlížet
- přihlížetto watch; to observe
Esperanto rigardi, alrigardi
- rigardito watch; to observe
- alrigardito watch; to observe
German zuschauen, betrachten
- zuschauento watch; to observe
- betrachtento think of something in a particular way
- ansehento think of something in a particular way
Italian stare a guardare, reputare
- stare a guardareto watch; to observe
- reputareto think of something in a particular way
Swedish titta på
- titta påto watch; to observe
Cite this entry
APA
look on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20on
MLA
“look on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “look on,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20on.
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