lowness

lowness

noun

Definition of LOWNESS

1

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste <the shameless lowness of the comedian's humor is something movie fans either love or hate>

Synonyms coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness

Related Words boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness; artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication; insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness; kitsch, tackiness

Near Antonyms courtliness, urbanity; elegance, grace, graciousness; consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness

Antonyms cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

2

the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor <her lingering illness reduced her to a state of lowness she had never known before>

Synonyms asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, wimpiness

Related Words decay, decrepitude; breakdown, collapse, prostration; exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness; defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness; effeteness, softness, tenderness; disablement, incapacitation, invalidism; damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms energy, vitality; brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility; hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness; health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor