LOW

• (noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

  synonyms : first , first gear , low gear

• (noun) a low level or position or degree

  "the stock market fell to a new low"

• (noun) British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

  synonyms : david low , sir david alexander cecil low , sir david low

• (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

  "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

  synonyms : depression

• (verb) make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

  synonyms : moo

• (adj.) literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

  "low ceilings", "low clouds", "low hills", "the sun is low", "low furniture", "a low bow"

• (adj.) less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

  "low prices", "the reservoir is low"

• (adj.) used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

  synonyms : low-pitched

• (adverb) in a low position; near the ground

  "the branches hung low"

• (adj.) filled with melancholy and despondency

  "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face", "gloomy predictions", "a gloomy silence", "took a grim view of the economy", "the darkening mood", "lonely and blue in a strange city", "depressed by the loss of his job", "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

  synonyms : blue , depressed , dispirited , down , down in the mouth , downcast , downhearted , gloomy , grim , low-spirited

  He was feeling very blue that morning. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) of the most contemptible kind

  "abject cowardice", "a low stunt to pull", "a low-down sneak", "his miserable treatment of his family", "You miserable skunk!", "a scummy rabble", "a scurvy trick"

  synonyms : abject , low-down , miserable , scummy , scurvy

  He is filled with such abject laziness that he will not move a muscle even if his family dies of hunger. -added by geeta_inlas

• (adj.) very low in volume

  "a low murmur", "the low-toned murmur of the surf"

  synonyms : low-toned

• (adj.) subdued or brought low in condition or status

  "brought low", "a broken man", "his broken spirit"

  synonyms : broken , crushed , humbled , humiliated

• (adj.) unrefined in character

  "low comedy"

• (adj.) no longer sufficient

  "supplies are low", "our funds are depleted"

  synonyms : depleted

• (adj.) low or inferior in station or quality

  "a humble cottage", "a lowly parish priest", "a modest man of the people", "small beginnings"

  synonyms : humble , lowly , modest , small

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