as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
at office gatherings his lowbrow humor often embarrassed his coworkers
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as in philistine
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture
the town's lowbrows think that the school's music program is a complete waste of taxpayers' money
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Recent Examples of lowbrow
Vogue, 29 July 2025
From books to movies to, yes, even podcasts, the hosts recommend both high- and lowbrow choices.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
And lo, the high-low concept was born: a club that would give its members permission to dip into deeply lowbrow territory, and then count upon the next choice to hoist us out of the muck.
—Vogue, 29 July 2025
From books to movies to, yes, even podcasts, the hosts recommend both high- and lowbrow choices.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
Who says the eyebrow and the lowbrow don’t mix?
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowbrow
Adjective
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A day before a shooter killed four people and set fire to a church in Michigan, students at a football game in Colorado chanted vulgar anti-Mormon slurs against the same religious organization.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Colorado has condemned a vulgar chant its fans directed at BYU during its football team’s 24-21 loss Saturday at Folsom Field.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Each project presented at MIA is picked with a genuine desire for these works to come to the fore, not by crass commercial considerations.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Moreover, dogs may react negatively to a person's actions, especially if someone is rude or unfriendly, particularly toward their owner.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Angry and rude to their neighbors while fearing the end of the republic?—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The flu refers to an infection caused by any of the four types of influenza viruses A, B, C, and D, with influenza A and B causing the most common seasonal outbreaks in humans.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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Level 1 and Level 2 chargers are still the most common types of electric vehicle chargers in America.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Oct. 2025
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With a run time of less than fifteen minutes, the film featured Smith in two of its four segments, shown playing with dolls with a female companion in a bathtub in one, and dressed as a clown on the roof of an apartment building in another.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Oct. 2025
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The biggest losers are the very citizens electing these clowns.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The plants in the kingdom were designed to convert crude oil directly into chemical products.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Yet for every tonne of biodiesel produced, over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of crude glycerol is generated.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal with some pea-size pieces remaining.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The set comes with fine, medium, and coarse grinding plates; a food pusher; sausage stuffer tubes; and a cleaning brush.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Arriving at freeway speeds is surprisingly quick considering the vehicle’s size and its nearly 6,000-pound gross weight.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
12 Oct. 2025
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Everything about it just looks gross and cold and gloopy.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Lowbrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowbrow. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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