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LOWNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)
Example:
he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):
degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)
Derivation:
low (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
low (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)
low (very low in volume)
low (no longer sufficient)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being low; lacking height
Example:
he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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 quality of being high or lofty)
Derivation:
low (literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A feeling of low spirits
Example:
he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits
Synonyms:
dejectedness; dispiritedness; downheartedness; low-spiritedness; lowness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("lowness" is a kind of...):
sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
Derivation:
low (filled with melancholy and despondency)
low (subdued or brought low in condition or status)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
Synonyms:
low status; lowliness; lowness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
Derivation:
low (unrefined in character)
low (low or inferior in station or quality)
