lowness
lowness noun: the property of being low.
Noun
lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)
- The property of being low.
- Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my...[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 65
- My attention was attracted to the next box [booth] by a conversation which was, from its lowness, evidently intended not to be heard.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 19
- Something that is low or vulgar.
- lownesses of expression
lowness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
lowness in Tamil
- தணிவு, தாழ்வு, தாழ்ச்சி, குறைவு, கீழ்மை, துச்சம்
lowness in Urdu
- اوچھا پن
lowness in Bengali
- নিচু হওয়ার ধর্ম, নিচু, অশালীন কিছু
lowness in Telugu
- lowness, meanness, poverty, humility
- దైన్యము dainyamu
- lowness, baseness, degradation
- నీచత్వం nīcatvaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- lowness in Malayalam
- ഇടിവ് iṭivŭ
- lowness in Kannada
- ಕೆಳಮಟ್ಟ, ತಗ್ಗಾಗಿರುವುದು, ನಿಮ್ನತೆ
Forms of lowness
| plural | lownesses |
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Origin of lowness
From Middle English lownesse; equivalent to low + -ness.
Words that rhyme with lowness
Questions about lowness
- What does lowness mean?
- Lowness means the property of being low.
- What is lowness in Tamil?
- Lowness in Tamil is தணிவு, தாழ்வு, தாழ்ச்சி. See Lowness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lowness?
- Lowness is a noun.
- What is the plural of lowness?
- The plural of lowness is lownesses.
Words near lowness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lowness (page history and authors); lowness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lowness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lowness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దైన్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഇടിവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); lowness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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