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lowsome

lowsome adjective: characterised by lowness; marked by low status, quantity, or degree; lowish; lowly.

Adjective

lowsome (comparative more lowsome, superlative most lowsome)

  1. Characterised by lowness; marked by low status, quantity, or degree; lowish; lowly
    • Hanna added the last bit of kindling to the lowsome fire.2011, Janet Lee Carey, The Beast of Noor
    • When this lowsome rank, of which I'm one, hope to talk unthunk, sans garden, to You whose laughter at my wits supposedly laughs love?2011, Wayne Clifford, The Exile's Papers

Forms of lowsome

comparativemore lowsome
superlativemost lowsome

Origin of lowsome

From low + -some.

Questions about lowsome

What does lowsome mean?
Lowsome means characterised by lowness; marked by low status, quantity, or degree; lowish; lowly.
What part of speech is lowsome?
Lowsome is an adjective.

Words near lowsome in the dictionary

  1. Lowside Quarter
  2. lowsides
  3. lowsie
  4. Lowsley
  5. Lowsleys
  6. lowsome
  7. Lowson
  8. lowstand
  9. lowstands
  10. lowsun
  11. lowsy

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