lowness

lowness
noun
1. a feeling of low spirits
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he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited (for: ↑dispiritedness), ↑low, ↑low-spirited (for: ↑low-spiritedness), ↑downhearted (for: ↑downheartedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑sadness, ↑unhappiness
2. a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
• Syn: ↑low status, ↑lowliness
• Ant: ↑high status (for: ↑low status)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑low
• Hypernyms: ↑status, ↑position
• Hyponyms: ↑inferiority, ↑lower status, ↑lower rank
3. the quality of being low; lacking height
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he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling

• Ant: ↑highness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑low
• Hypernyms: ↑height, ↑tallness
• Hyponyms: ↑squatness, ↑stubbiness, ↑shortness, ↑truncation
4. a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)
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he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates

• Derivationally related forms: ↑low
• Hypernyms: ↑degree, ↑grade, ↑level

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