low-down

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low-down

A musician plays a low-down blues tune on a saxophone.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Despicable, contemptible: Characterized by a complete lack of honor, decency, or moral principles; mean-spirited and shameful.
    • (Of jazz) Soulful, bluesy: Having the raw, emotional, and expressive quality characteristic of early blues music.

  2. Noun:

    • (Slang) Inside information, the true facts: The confidential or secret details about a situation or person; the unvarnished truth.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • That was a low-down trick to play on your friend. (Describing a mean action.)
    • The band's sound is pure, low-down blues. (Describing a musical style.)
  • Noun:
    • Give me the low-down on what happened at the meeting. (Requesting the inside story.)
Advanced Usage
  • "the low-down": Used as a fixed noun phrase to mean the essential, often confidential, information.
    • I need to get the low-down before I make a decision.
  • "low-down and dirty": An intensified adjectival phrase emphasizing extreme deceit or unfairness.
    • His tactics in the campaign were low-down and dirty.
Variants and Related Words
  • Lowdown (noun): An alternative, often single-word spelling for the noun form meaning inside information.
    • What's the lowdown on the new boss?
  • Low (adjective): Sharing the sense of being mean, dishonest, or of poor quality, but less intense than "low-down."
    • That was a low blow.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (despicable): Despicable, contemptible, vile, scurvy, abject.
  • Adjective (musical): Soulful, funky, gritty, earthy.
  • Noun (information): Inside information, the scoop, the dope, the facts, the truth.
Related Phrases
  • "to give someone the low-down": To provide someone with the confidential or essential information.
    • She gave me the low-down on the company's financial troubles.
  • "low-down liar": A person who tells lies in a particularly mean or dishonorable way.
    • Don't trust him; he's a low-down liar.
Related Idioms
  • "the straight low-down": The honest and unadulterated truth.
    • Forget the rumors; I want the straight low-down.
low-down

A musician plays a low-down blues tune on a saxophone.

Noun
  1. slang terms for inside information
    • is that the straight dope?
Adjective
  1. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
  2. 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

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