The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - low°adj.

1) short, squat, little, small, stubby, stumpy, stunted; low-lying: The terrain has many low shrubs, not more than two feet tall. 2) inadequate, insufficient, deficient, down, short, sparse, scanty, scant, limited: The air in the tyres is a bit low. Our water supply ran low. 3) coarse, unrefined, indelicate, improper, naughty, risqu‚, indecent, unseemly, vulgar, crude, common, rude, offensive, gross, ill-bred, lewd, obscene, ribald, bawdy, scurrilous, smutty, pornographic, dirty: The old burlesque acts were characterized by their low humour. 4) weak, frail, feeble, debilitated, enervated, sickly, unhealthy, infirm, shaky, decrepit, ill, sick: He's very low and sinking fast. 5) ineffectual, ineffective, weak: Her resistance to disease is low. I have a low pain threshold. 6) miserable, dismal, wretched, abysmal, sorry, abject, destitute: I seem to have reached a low point in my career. 7) humble, poor, low-born, lowly, base, inferior, base-born, plebeian, proletariat, ignoble: He rose from those low beginnings to a peerage. 8) unhappy, depressed, dejected, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable, despondent, disconsolate, blue, downcast, down, glum, wretched, morose, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heart-broken, tearful, lachrymose, sorrowful, mournful, heavy-hearted: I felt low for weeks after the death of my kitten. 9) inferior, second-rate, poor, bad, not up to par, worthless, shoddy, shabby, mediocre, substandard: Their products are of low quality. 1) 0 inferior, lower, lesser, small, smaller: Play a low card. 1) 1 low-cut, d‚collet‚, revealing, Colloq US low and behold in the front and vie de BohЉme in the back: Gilda wore a low, strapless black satin evening gown. 1) 2 base, vile, abject, contemptible, despicable, mean, menial, servile, ignoble, degraded, vulgar, foul, dastardly, depraved, nasty, sordid: That was a low trick he played telling on his friends. I didn't know that anyone could sink to such a low level. 13 quiet, hushed, soft, subdued, gentle, muted, muffled, stifled, indistinct, whispered, murmured, murmurous: Her low voice was sweet. 1) 4 unfavourable, critical, adverse: She has a rather low opinion of his singing.