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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close to the ground; short |
| Synonyms: | below, beneath, bottom, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, deep, depressed, flat, ground-level, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, lowering, minor, nether, not high, profound, prostrate, rock-bottom, shallow, small, squat, squatty, stunted, subjacent, subsided, sunken, under, unelevated |
| Antonyms: | above, high, tall |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, blue, coarse, common, contemptible, crass, crumby, dastardly, degraded, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gross*, ignoble, ill-bred, inelegant, mean, menial, miserable, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, raw, rough, rude, scrubby, scruffy, scurvy, servile, sordid, unbecoming, uncouth, undignified, unrefined, unworthy, vile, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | decent, honest, honorable, moral, respectable, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | living in, coming from poor circumstances |
| Synonyms: | base, baseborn, humble, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | high, rich |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disheartened, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, in the pits, low-down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, singing the blues, spiritless, unhappy |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, gay, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, debilitated, dizzy, dying, exhausted, faint, feeble, frail, ill, indisposed, poorly, prostrate, reduced, sick, sickly, sinking, stricken, unwell, weak |
| Antonyms: | healthy, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not loud |
| Synonyms: | faint, gentle, hushed, muffled, muted, quiet, soft, subdued, whispered |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, lesser, low, lower rung, minor, nether, pared down, reduced, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let down; fall |
| Synonyms: | bring low, cast down, couch, demit, depress, descend, detrude, droop, drop, ground, let down, make lower, push down, reduce, set down, sink, submerge, take down |
| Antonyms: | elevate, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce, minimize |
| Synonyms: | abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, de-escalate, decrease, decry, deflate, demote, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, mark down, moderate, pare, prune, roll back, scale down, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off |
| Antonyms: | elevate, heighten, increase, rise |
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