LOW Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word low. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for LOW
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abject | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of the most contemptible kind • most unfortunate or miserable • showing utter resignation or hopelessness • showing humiliation or submissiveness | ||||||||
blue | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime • blue clothing • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue • the sky as viewed during daylight • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic • any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae adjective satellite • of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky • used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) • filled with melancholy and despondency • characterized by profanity or cursing • suggestive of sexual impropriety • belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy • morally rigorous and strict • causing dejection verb • turn blue | ||||||||
depressed | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lower than previously • flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||||
down | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||||
adjective • being or moving lower in position or less in some value noun • soft fine feathers • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) • (American football) a complete play to advance the football • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) adverb • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position • away from a more central or a more northerly place • paid in cash at time of purchase • from an earlier time • to a lower intensity • in an inactive or inoperative state adjective satellite • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place • becoming progressively lower • being put out in a game of baseball • understood perfectly • lower than previously • shut • not functioning (temporarily or permanently) • filled with melancholy and despondency verb • drink down entirely • eat up completely, as with great appetite • bring down or defeat (an opponent) • shoot at and force to come down • cause to come or go down • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | ||||||||
gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||||
low-pitched | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency adjective satellite • set at a low angle or slant | ||||||||
low-toned | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very low in volume | ||||||||
miserable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very unhappy; full of misery • deserving or inciting pity • of the most contemptible kind • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • contemptibly small in amount | ||||||||
scummy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of the most contemptible kind • covered with scum | ||||||||
scurvy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) adjective satellite • of the most contemptible kind | ||||||||
small | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent noun • the slender part of the back • a garment size for a small person adverb • on a small scale adjective satellite • relatively moderate, limited, or small • (of children and animals) young, immature • slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope • low or inferior in station or quality • lowercase • (of a voice) faint • have fine or very small constituent particles • not large but sufficient in size or amount • made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | ||||||||
broken | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split • not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly • (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded adjective satellite • subdued or brought low in condition or status • tamed or trained to obey • topographically very uneven • imperfectly spoken or written • thrown into a state of disarray or confusion • weakened and infirm • destroyed financially • out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') • discontinuous • lacking a part or parts | ||||||||
cackle | verbv | |||||||
noun • the sound made by a hen after laying an egg • noisy talk • a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle verb • talk or utter in a cackling manner • squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens • make a noise characteristic of a goose • emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | ||||||||
chortle | verbv | |||||||
noun • a soft partly suppressed laugh verb • laugh quietly or with restraint | ||||||||
chuckle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a soft partly suppressed laugh verb • laugh quietly or with restraint | ||||||||
crushed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance • subdued or brought low in condition or status | ||||||||
deep | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply • having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination noun • the central and most intense or profound part • a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor • literary term for an ocean adverb • to a great depth; far down or in • to an advanced time • to a great distance adjective satellite • marked by depth of thinking • very distant in time or space • intense or extreme • having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range • strong; intense • relatively thick from top to bottom • extending relatively far inward • (of darkness) densely dark • large in quantity or size • with head or back bent low • of an obscure nature • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge • exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy | ||||||||
depleted | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • no longer sufficient | ||||||||
depression | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity • a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment • a sunken or depressed geological formation • sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation • a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing • angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) • pushing down | ||||||||
devalued | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lowered in value | ||||||||