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noun

ˈlō-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce lowdown (audio)
Definition of lowdownnext
as in scoop
information not generally available to the public have you heard the lowdown on the new chairman of the department?

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low-down

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adjective

ˈlō-(ˌ)dau̇n How to pronounce low-down (audio)
as in dirty
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency of all the low-down tricks that have ever been played in the history of that game

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Recent Examples of lowdown
Noun
Ditching your wife for the empty promise of an online affair is a rotten, cowardly, lowdown way out. — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023 Vogue caught up with all of the queens below to get the lowdown on how their distinctive drag looks channeled Mugler and how the designer continues to inspire. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2023
Adjective
Deadline sat down with Bennett in advance of this year’s event to get the low-down on what 2026’s edition has to offer. — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026 And that’s just counting the low-down and dirtiest tanking teams. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lowdown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowdown
  1. scoop
  2. dirty
  3. tip
  4. nasty
  5. rumor
  6. vile
  7. immoral
  8. vicious
Noun
  • Hosted by the anonymous creator behind the celebrity news account @deuxmoi, Deux U breaks entertainment and celebrity scoops via news and photos, largely on social channels.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The handle of the ice scoop was on the ice inside the ice machine.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of scoop
Adjective
  • The concentration of quaternary ammonia in the bucket with sanitizer is low (<100 ppm) and the water is visibly dirty.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the strongest initial applications are the dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks that go unfilled, contribute to injuries, and pull people away from higher-value judgment and exception handling.
    — Navin Chaddha, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dirty
Noun
  • Thank you for joining us here and please keep all of it — the ideas, tips, criticism, and feedback — coming.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The department emphasized that all crime tips undergo human review before investigators act on them.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of tip
Adjective
  • The polls still show a close-range contest, but in the increasingly nasty ad war, the spending suggests a far more lopsided fight.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Officers then cuffed the youngster as he was loaded into an ambulance and hospitalized for a fractured femur and a nasty bruise on his head, according to the lawsuit, which was filed by the teen’s dad, Mahmoud Saleh, in Brooklyn Federal Court.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of nasty
Noun
  • Bajaria asked Sarandos point-blank whether there was truth to the rumors gaining stream — and Sarandos, who it’s believed was originally going to break the news on Monday, told her at that moment.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Recently, Hurley was spotted wearing a large diamond on that finger, suggesting the couple has taken their pairing to the next level—a rumor fueled by a post to Instagram published by Cyrus Friday that was capped by the engagement ring emoji.
    — Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of rumor
Adjective
  • Prosecutors reveal Ha used anonymous social media accounts to send dozens of vile antisemitic threats, leaking the victim’s home address and forcing their family to flee.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • New additions include singer Tank, who plays vile music exec Eric Cropper and Jax’s main client, Beauty in Black star Taylor Polidore Williams as Eric’s wife Brooke, La La Anthony as Eric’s first wife Melina, and then Megan Good as Regina Harris.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of vile
Adjective
  • Central to the exhibition is the tension between the honorable and the immoral, the appealing and the revolting.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial premiered at New York Film Festival last night and left many people wondering, Just how funny can a movie about both the terrible capacity of generative AI and the immoral people in charge of it be?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of immoral
Adjective
  • So too, the possibility of Rollerball-style carnage carnivals where robots compete in vicious cage matches until only one android is still moving.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Cash reserves totaling $ 7,450,869 are being used to eviscerate his opponent with a vicious barrage of ad hominem assaults, thus giving him a 61 to 1 spending edge.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of vicious

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“Lowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowdown. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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