low

Adjective

• filled with melancholy and despondency
  • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
    
  • gloomy predictions
    
  • a gloomy silence
    
  • took a grim view of the economy
    
  • the darkening mood
    
  • lonely and blue in a strange city
    
  • depressed by the loss of his job
    
  • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
    
  • downcast after his defeat
    
  • feeling discouraged and downhearted
    

• subdued or brought low in condition or status
  • brought low
    
  • a broken man
    
  • his broken spirit
    

• no longer sufficient
  • supplies are low
    
  • our funds are depleted
    

• low or inferior in station or quality
  • a humble cottage
    
  • a lowly parish priest
    
  • a modest man of the people
    
  • small beginnings
    

• of the most contemptible kind
  • abject cowardice
    
  • a low stunt to pull
    
  • a low-down sneak
    
  • his miserable treatment of his family
    
  • You miserable skunk!
    
  • a scummy rabble
    
  • a scurvy trick
    

• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

• unrefined in character
  • low comedy
    

• very low in volume
  • a low murmur
    
  • the low-toned murmur of the surf
    

• literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
  • low ceilings
    
  • low clouds
    
  • low hills
    
  • the sun is low
    
  • low furniture
    
  • a low bow
    

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  • low prices
    
  • the reservoir is low
    

Noun

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• a low level or position or degree
  • the stock market fell to a new low
    

• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
  • a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
    

Verb

• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

Adverb

• in a low position; near the ground
  • the branches hung low
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  broken , crushed , humbled , humiliated , depleted , humble , lowly , modest , small , abject , low-down , miserable , scummy , scurvy , low-pitched , low-toned , first gear , first , low gear , Low , David Low , Sir David Low , Sir David Alexander Cecil Low , depression , moo
• Antonyms: 
  high , high-pitched