low
adjective
[ ləʊ ]
• of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.
• "the school is a long, low building"
Similar:
short,
small,
little,
squat,
stubby,
stunted,
truncated,
dwarfish,
knee-high,
shallow,
• below average in amount, extent, or intensity.
• "bringing up children on a low income"
Similar:
cheap,
inexpensive,
low-priced,
low-cost,
economical,
moderate,
reasonable,
modest,
bargain,
cut-price,
bargain-basement,
rock-bottom,
unambitious,
unaspiring,
• ranking below other people or things in importance or class.
• "jobs with low status"
Similar:
humble,
lowly,
low-born,
low-bred,
low-ranking,
plebeian,
proletarian,
peasant,
poor,
common,
ordinary,
simple,
plain,
unpretentious,
inferior,
subordinate,
• (of a sound or voice) not loud or high.
• "keep the volume very low"
Similar:
quiet,
soft,
faint,
muted,
subdued,
muffled,
hushed,
whispered,
stifled,
murmured,
gentle,
dulcet,
indistinct,
inaudible,
quietened,
quieted,
bass,
low-pitched,
deep,
deep-toned,
low-toned,
full-toned,
resonant,
rich,
rumbling,
booming,
resounding,
sonorous,
• depressed or lacking in energy.
• "I was feeling low"
Similar:
depressed,
dejected,
despondent,
downhearted,
downcast,
low-spirited,
down,
sorrowful,
gloomy,
glum,
unhappy,
sad,
melancholy,
blue,
fed up,
morose,
moody,
miserable,
dismal,
heavy-hearted,
mournful,
forlorn,
woebegone,
disheartened,
discouraged,
crestfallen,
dispirited,
without energy,
enervated,
flat,
sapped,
weary,
ill,
unwell,
poorly,
out of sorts,
down in the mouth,
down in the dumps,
brassed off,
cheesed off,
low
noun
• a low point, level, or figure.
• "his popularity ratings are at an all-time low"
• a difficult time in a person's life.
• "the highs and lows of an actor's life"
low
adverb
• in or into a low position or state.
• "she pressed on, bent low to protect her face"
• in a low voice or at a low pitch.
• "we were talking low so we wouldn't wake Dean"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse lágr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laag, also to lie1.
low
verb
• (of a cow) make a characteristic deep sound.
• "the cocks were crowing, the cows lowing"
low
noun
• a sound made by cattle; a moo.
Origin:
Old English hlōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch loeien, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin clamare ‘to shout’.
the lowest of the low
• the people regarded as the most immoral or socially inferior of all.
• "the people who did this are the lowest of the low"
