lowlight
lowlight noun: a particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
Noun
lowlight (plural lowlights)
- A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
- He is not commenting on Dick Cheney’s marksmanship lowlights here.2007 September 14, Richard Sandomir, “Right Tools Help Make Right Mix in Booth”, in New York Times
- Here are some of the highlights lowlights of the state opening of parliament. And I truly do mean state.2019 December 19, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The absolute state of it: lowlights from the opening of parliament”, in The Guardian
- In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker color rather than a lighter one.
Verb
lowlight (third-person singular simple present lowlights, present participle lowlighting, simple past and past participle lowlighted)
Antonyms of lowlight
Forms of lowlight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lowlights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lowlights |
| present participle | lowlighting |
| past participle | lowlighted |
| past | lowlighted |
Origin of lowlight
From low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight.
Questions about lowlight
- What does lowlight mean?
- Lowlight means a particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
- What part of speech is lowlight?
- Lowlight can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of lowlight?
- The plural of lowlight is lowlights.
Words near lowlight in the dictionary
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