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English noun: lowness | |||
| 1. | lowness (state) a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation | ||
| Synonyms | low status, lowliness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | position, status | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | inferiority, lower rank, lower status | ||
| Antonyms | high status | ||
| 2. | lowness (feeling) a feeling of low spirits | ||
| Samples | He felt responsible for her lowness of spirits. | ||
| Synonyms | dejectedness, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sadness, unhappiness | ||
| 3. | lowness (attribute) the quality of being low; lacking height | ||
| Samples | He was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | height, tallness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shortness, squatness, stubbiness, truncation | ||
| Antonyms | loftiness, highness | ||
| 4. | lowness (attribute) a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) | ||
| Samples | He took advantage of the lowness of interest rates. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | degree, grade, level | ||
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