Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount. "The reservoir is low"
2.
Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension. "Low clouds" , "Low hills" , "The sun is low" , "Low furniture" , "A low bow"
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Very low in volume. Synonym:low-toned."The low-toned murmur of the surf"
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Unrefined in character.
5.
Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. Synonym:low-pitched.
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Of the most contemptible kind. Synonyms:abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy."A low stunt to pull" , "A low-down sneak" , "His miserable treatment of his family" , "You miserable skunk!" , "A scummy rabble" , "A scurvy trick"
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Low or inferior in station or quality. Synonyms:humble, lowly, modest, small."A lowly parish priest" , "A modest man of the people" , "Small beginnings"
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No longer sufficient. Synonym:depleted."Our funds are depleted"
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Subdued or brought low in condition or status. Synonyms:broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated."A broken man" , "His broken spirit"
10.
Filled with melancholy and despondency. Synonyms:blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited."Gloomy predictions" , "A gloomy silence" , "Took a grim view of the economy" , "The darkening mood" , "Lonely and blue in a strange city" , "Depressed by the loss of his job" , "A dispirited and resigned expression on her face" , "Downcast after his defeat" , "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"
noun
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An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. Synonym:depression.
... less potent on those of low degree. Never shall I forget one morning when the two prettiest young Italian model-girls in all London were poseeing to an artist friend while the professor sat and imparted to me the lore of the Rommany. The girls behaved like ... — The English Gipsies and Their Language • Charles G. Leland Read full book for free!
... was my horror when the grizzly and infamus Bear threw his other paw UNDER me, and riz with me to his feet. Then claspin me in a close embrace he waltzed up and down the platform in a frightful manner, I yellin with fear and anguish. To make matters wuss, a low scurrilus young man in ... — The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 5 • Charles Farrar Browne Read full book for free!
... adorned with flowers and white drapery, was carried down from upstairs, Miss Cordsen stood at the foot of the staircase, with the servants assembled in a group behind her. The old lady folded her hands on her breast, and bowed low as they bore him past; she then went up to her room, and locked ... — Garman and Worse - A Norwegian Novel • Alexander Lange Kielland Read full book for free!
... table was a bewildering array of gold plate, gilded glass, and exquisite china, while on the delicate lace of the tablecloth lay rare blossoms that seemed to have drifted from the circular mound of flowers which formed the low centrepiece. ... — Patty's Friends • Carolyn Wells Read full book for free!
... relations stopped. Not only did I destroy all my own value by making myself cheap, but Sandip's powers, too, lost scope for their full play. You cannot employ your marksmanship against a thing which is right in your grasp. So Sandip has lost his aspect of the hero; a tone of low quarrelsomeness ... — The Home and the World • Rabindranath Tagore Read full book for free!
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