LOWNESS Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

lowness

noun

Definition of lowness

as in rudeness

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

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as in weakness

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

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Recent Examples of lowness That feeling stops, however, when pulling into gas stations or parking lots, where the length and lowness of the car require extreme care to keep the chin from scraping. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.

— Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Definition of rudeness

Noun

If a bear market arrives shortly after retirement, a cash reserve can allow a family to meet expenses without immediately selling long-term investments into weakness.

— Steve Booren, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
To be sure, efforts to prop up the yen were seen as short-term measures to address the symptoms rather than the root causes of the currency’s weakness.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of weakness

Noun

But Paddy’s isn’t Sudz, and the Gang’s efforts to soft-pedal their antics to be more in line with those mainstream bars devolved into typical Sunny-style hostility and off-putting grossness.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.

— Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Definition of grossness

Noun

Spouses, in turn, asked what was being done to address issues of mental health and exhaustion, MS NOW reported.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In addition to the end of the capital expenditure boom that built these excess factories, the exhaustion of markets would create the conditions for a crisis.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaustion

Noun

According to the company, the platform delivers high critical-dimension uniformity, low line-edge roughness, and a large process window across an entire wafer.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
It’s formulated with key ingredients such as Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 to smooth out the skin’s texture, including roughness and crow’s feet.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 21 July 2026

Definition of roughness

Noun

Rangers starter Jacob deGrom, who has been battling a left hip and glute injury since the All-Star break, was pulled after two innings because of right triceps fatigue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Investigators also found signs of metal fatigue at the base of the fan blade that broke off, despite recent inspections of the fan blades.

— Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of fatigue

Noun

This specific subtype could help to explain the traditional night owl chronotype’s commonness in men.

— Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
At the same time, Tacitus points readers to the prevalence and thus the normalization and commonness of this rhetoric, which can become an inseparable corollary of a program of making war.

— Timothy Joseph, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of commonness

Noun

As Kasubhai observed, despite its legal feebleness, Kennedy’s declaration and its explicit threat has had a concrete impact on the provision of gender-affirming services to American youths.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Signs of disease include warts on legs, crusty or swollen eyes, feebleness, a ruffled appearance, difficulty breathing, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026

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