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lowness

lowness noun: the property of being low.

Noun

lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)

  1. 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
  2. (countable) 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

plurallownesses

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

  1. Lowndes County
  2. Lowndeses
  3. Lowndesy
  4. lowne
  5. lownes
  6. lowness
  7. lownesses
  8. lownest
  9. Lowney
  10. Lowneys
  11. lowns

Source and license

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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