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LOWNESS

English dictionary: Word overview

LOWNESS (noun)
  The noun LOWNESS has 4 senses:

1. a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
2. a feeling of low spirits
3. the condition of being low; lacking height
4. a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)

  Familiarity information: LOWNESS used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


LOWNESS (noun)


Sense 1lowness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

low status; lowness; lowliness

Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowness"):

inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)


Sense 2lowness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A feeling of low spirits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

low-spiritedness; downheartedness; dispiritedness; dejectedness; lowness

Context example:

he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits

Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):

sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)


Sense 3lowness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The condition of being low; lacking height

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling

Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):

height; tallness (the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowness"):

squatness; stubbiness (the property of being short and broad)

shortness; truncation (the property of being truncated or short)

Antonym:

highness (the condition of being high or lofty)


Sense 4lowness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates

Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)


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