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low

adjective
  1. Cut to reveal the wearer's neck, chest, and back: décolleté, low-cut, low-neck, low-necked, plunging. See high
  2. Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, lower 2, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. Informal: smalltime. See over
  3. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, mean 2, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good
  4. Having or proceeding from low moral standards: base 2, ignoble, low-down, mean 2, sordid, squalid, vile. See right
  5. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at (or in) the mouth. See happy
  6. Low in price: cheap, inexpensive, low-cost, low-priced. See money, value
  7. Being a sound produced by a relatively small frequency of vibrations: alto, bass, contralto, deep, low-pitched. See sounds
  8. Not irritating, strident, or loud: hushed, low-key, low-keyed, quiet, small, soft, subdued, whispery. See sounds
  9. Tending or intending to belittle: deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, pejorative, slighting, uncomplimentary. See praise
  10. Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems: ailing, indisposed, mean 2, off-color, rocky, sickly. Idiom: under the weather. See health
noun
A very low level, position, or degree: bottom, rock bottom. See high
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