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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hold one's nose up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To be disdainful or dismissive towards something.
    • The era of the "church-basement liberal" is over. Those who sit around meeting in the church basements of Cambridge, holding their noses up at the prospect of supporting candidates who don't agree with every last one of their issues, had exactly zero influence in this year's critical elections. 1990 December 9, Richard Braun, “A Whole New Day For The Party: Giving Us A Voice”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
holds one's nose up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
holding one's nose up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held one's nose up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held one's nose up Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

turn one's nose up