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awdy, scurrilous, smutty, pornographic, dirty: The old
burlesque acts were characterized by their low humour. 4 weak,
frail, feeble, debilitated, enervated, sickly, unhealthy,
infirm, shaky, decrepit, ill, sick: He's very low and sinking
fast. 5 ineffectual, ineffective, weak: Her resistance to
disease is low. I have a low pain threshold. 6 miserable,
dismal, wretched, abysmal, sorry, abject, destitute: I seem to
have reached a low point in my career. 7 humble, poor,
low-born, lowly, base, inferior, base-born, plebeian,
proletariat, ignoble: He rose from those low beginnings to a
peerage. 8 unhappy, depressed, dejected, sad, gloomy,
melancholy, miserable, despondent, disconsolate, blue, downcast,
down, glum, wretched, morose, crestfallen, broken-hearted,
heart-broken, tearful, lachrymose, sorrowful, mournful,
heavy-hearted: I felt low for weeks after the death of my
kitten. 9 inferior, second-rate, poor, bad, not up to par,
worthless, shoddy, shabby, mediocre, substandard: Their
products are of low quality. 10 inferior, lower, lesser, small,
smaller: Play a low card. 11 low-cut, d‚collet‚, revealing,
Colloq US low and behold in the front and vie de BohŠme in the
back: Gilda wore a low, strapless black satin evening gown. 12
base, vile, abject, contemptible, despicable, mean, menial,
servile, ignoble, degraded, vulgar, foul, dastardly, depraved,
nasty, sordid: That was a low trick he played telling on his
friends. I didn't know that anyone could sink to such a low
level. 13 quiet, hushed, soft, subdued, gentle, muted, muffled,
stifled, indistinct, whispered, murmured, murmurous: Her low
voice was sweet. 14 unfavourable, critical, adverse: She has a
rather low opinion of his singing.
lowý v. moo, bellow; bawl: The lowing herd moved slowly into the
pasture.
low-down n. information, intelligence, data, the facts, inside story,
Colloq info, dope, dirt, Brit bumf: I have the low-down on the
scandal.
lower° v. 1 drop, reduce, decrease, mark down, discount, lessen,
diminish, downgrade, cut, slash: Prices on all goods have been
lowered. 2 let or move or bring or put down, drop: The
drawbridge was lowered and the knights rode across. They lowered
the coffin into the grave. 3 cut or lop off, cut or take down,
reduce, diminish, crop, trim: We lowered the hedge by a foot.