THESAURUS
low
Doric, Hydromatic, a la sourdine, abject, abominable, accented, against, ailing, air mass, alveolar, anticyclone, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arrant, articulated, asking price, assimilated, atrocious, automatic transmission, back, bad, barbaric, barbarous, barely audible, baritone, bark, barytone, base, base-minded, baseborn, bass, bawl, bay, bearish prices, beggared, beggarly, bell, bellow, below the salt, bid price, bilabial, black, blamable, blameworthy, blare, blat, blate, bleat, book value, boom, bottoming out, bowed-down, bray, brief, broad, broke, budget, bullish prices, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, cacophonous, cacuminal, call, call price, cast down, caterwaul, central, cerebral, cheap, checked, cheesy, close, closing price, clumsy, coarse, cockney, cogwheel, cold front, cold sector, common, commonplace, compact, compendious, con, concise, consonant, consonantal, contemptible, continuant, contralto, cooling off, couchant, crass, criminal, crisis, crouched, crude, crummy, cry, cursory, curt, curtal, curtate, cyclone, damnable, dark, dashed, debased, decline, decrescendo, decurtate, deep, deep-echoing, deep-pitched, deep-toned, deepmouthed, degraded, dejected, demeaning, dental, depraved, depressed, depression, depthless, despaired of, despairing, despicable, despondent, desponding, destitute, differential, differential gear, dim, dimly, dirty, disadvantaged, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgraceful, disgruntled, disgusting, disheartened, disillusioned, dispirited, displeased, dissatisfied, dissenting, dissimilated, distant, doggerel, done for, donsie, dorsal, down, downcast, downhearted, downthrown, downturn, drooping, droopy, dying, dysphemistic, earthy, easy, economic, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, economy, evil, execrable, expanding economy, expansion, expiring, face value, facing death, faint, faintly, fallen, feeble, feebly, feeling
low, few, fixed price, flagitious, flagrant, flash price, flat, flurry, flutter, footling, foul, frank, freewheel, front, frugal, fulsome, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, gentle, gently, give tongue, give voice, given up, glide, glossal, glottal, going, graceless, grave, gross, growth, gutter, guttural, half-heard, hard, harsh, heartless, heavy, heinous, high, high growth rate, high-pressure area, hollow, homely, hopeless, howl, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, hushedly, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, ignoble, impoverished, improper, impure, in articulo mortis, in bad taste, in extremis, in
low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, in the shade, incapable of life, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, inconsequential, inconsiderable, incorrect, indecorous, indigent, indignant, indisposed, indistinct, inelegant, inexpensive, infamous, infelicitous, inferior, infra dig, inglorious, iniquitous, innocuous, insignificant, instantaneous, intermediate, intonated, isobar, isometric, isometric line, isopiestic line, isotherm, isothermal line, issue par, issue price, junior, knavish, knee-high, knocked flat, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, laid
low, languishing, lateral, lax, least, less, lesser, light, lingual, liquid, little,
low-built,
low-down,
low-hung,
low-level,
low-leveled,
low-lying,
low-minded,
low-pitched,
low-pressure area,
low-priced,
low-set,
low-spirited,
low-statured, lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowered, lowest, lowliest, lowly, lumpen, manageable, mangy, market expansion, market price, market value, meager, mean, measly, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, mid, miniature, minor, miserable, moderate, modest, monophthongal, monstrous, moo, moribund, murmured, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, naughty, neap, near death, needy, nefarious, negligible, neigh, nether, neutral, nicker, no great shakes, nominal, nominal value, nonclerical, nonviable, obnoxious, occluded front, occlusive, odious, offering price, open, opening price, opposed, opposing, ordinary, outlandish, overdrive, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, paltry, par, par value, parity, peak, peaking, peccant, penurious, pessimistic, petty, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pianissimo, piano, picayune, picayunish, pining, pitch, pitched, plain, plebeian, poky, polar front, poor, posttonic, price, prone, prosperity, prostrate, pule, put price, quotation, quoted price, rack, rally, rank, raw, reasonable, recession, recovery, recumbent, reduced, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, retroflex, reverse, roar, rough, rounded, rude, runty, scabby, scandalous, scarcely heard, screak, scream, screech, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, second rank, second string, secondary, semivowel, sensible, sepulchral, servile, settling price, shabby, shabby-genteel, shallow, shameful, shoddy, short, short and sweet, simple, sinful, sinking, skin-deep, slashed, slipping, slipping away, slowdown, slump, small, soft, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softly, sonant, sordamente, sordid, sordo, sorry, spiritless, squalid, squall, squall line, squat, squatty, squeak, squeal, standard transmission, stated value, stationary front, stick shift, stooped, stopped, stressed, strong, stumpy, sub, subaltern, subaudible, subdued, subduedly, subjacent, subject, submerged, subordinate, subservient, succinct, suicidal, summary, sunk, sunken, superficial, supine, surd, swings, syllabic, synchromesh, synoptic, tasteless, teachable, tense, terminal, thick, third rank, third string, third-estate, throaty, tiny, token, tonal, tonic, transient, transmission, trifling, trivial, troat, turned-off, twangy, ululate, unaccented, unappreciative, unapproving, unclear, uncomplimentary, uncourtly, uncouth, under, underprivileged, undignified, undistinguished, unelevated, uneuphonious, unexpensive, unfavorable, unfelicitous, unforgivable, ungenteel, ungraceful, unhappy, unimportant, unmentionable, unpardonable, unpolished, unpretentious, unrefined, unrounded, unseemly, unspeakable, unstressed, unwashed, unworthy, upturn, velar, vicious, vile, villainous, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, vulgar, wail, warm front, weak, weak-voiced, weakly, weary of life, weather map, whicker, whine, whinny, whispered, wicked, wide, wind-shift line, within means, woebegone, woeful, world-weary, worth the money, wretched, wrong, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl
ROGET THESAURUS
low
Smallness
N
smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few,
low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a
low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.
Cheapness
N
cheapness,
low price, depreciation, bargain, good penny worth, snap, gratuity, free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee, run of one's teeth, nominal price, peppercorn rent, labor of love, drug in the market, deadhead, cheap,
low,
low priced, moderate, reasonable, inexpensive, unexpensive, well worth the money, worth the money, magnifique et pas cher, good at the price, cheap at the price, dirt cheap, dog cheap, cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty, catchpenny, discounted, half-price, depreciated, unsalable, gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing, costless, expenseless, without charge, not charged, untaxed, scotfree, shotfree, rent-free, free of cost, free of expense, honorary, unbought, unpaid, for a mere song, for a song, at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction, a bon marche.
Vulgarity
N
vulgarity, vulgarism, barbarism, Vandalism, Gothicism, mauvis gout, bad taste, gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact, ill-breeding, courseness, indecorum, misbehavior, lowness, homeliness,
low life, mauvais ton, rusticity, boorishness, brutality, rowdyism, blackguardism, ribaldry, slang, bad joke, mauvais plaisanterie, gaudiness, tawdriness, false ornament, finery, frippery, trickery, tinsel, gewgaw, clinquant, baroque, rococo, rough diamond, tomboy, hoyden, cub, unlicked cub, clown, Goth, Vandal, Boeotian, snob, cad, gent, parvenu, frump, dowdy, slattern, in bad taste vulgar, unrefined, coarse, indecorous, ribald, gross, unseemly, unbeseeming, unpresentable, contra bonos mores, ungraceful, dowdy, slovenly, ungenteel, shabby genteel,
low, common, hoi polloi, uncourtly, uncivil, ill bred, ill mannered, underbred, ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike, unladylike, unfeminine, wild, wild as an unbacked colt, untutored, unschooled (ignorant), unkempt, uncombed, untamed, unlicked, unpolished, uncouth, plebeian, incondite, heavy, rude, awkward, homely, homespun, home bred, provincial, countrified, rustic, boorish, clownish, savage, brutish, blackguard, rowdy, snobbish, barbarous, barbaric, Gothic, unclassical, doggerel, heathenish, tramontane, outlandish, uncultivated, Bohemian, obsolete, unfashionable, newfangled, odd, particular, affected, meretricious, extravagant, monstrous, horrid, shocking, gaudy, tawdry, overornamented, baroque, rococo, bedizened, tricked out, gingerbread, obtrusive.
Lowness
N
lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels,
low water,
low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide,
low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying
low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a
low ebb, below par.
Disrepute
N
disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor, disapprobation, ingloriousness, derogation, abasement, debasement, abjectness, degradation, dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame, humiliation, scandal, baseness, vileness, turpitude, infamy, tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution, stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur, crying shame, burning shame, scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, Ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame, disgraced, blown upon, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, overcome, downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless, renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy, derogatory, degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous, scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable, ribald, opprobrious, errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious, ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful,
low, mean, shabby base, to one's shame be it spoken, Int, fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor!, O tempora!, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi!.
Commonalty
N
commonality, commonalty, democracy, obscurity,
low condition,
low life,
low society,
low company, bourgeoisie, mass of the people, mass of society, Brown Jones and Robinson, lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders, vulgar herd, common herd, rank and file, hoc genus omne, the many, the general, the crowd, the people, the populace, the multitude, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry, king Mob, proletariat, fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed, man in the street, mob, rabble, rabble rout, chaff, rout, horde, canaille, scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society, swinish multitude, foex populi, trash, profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus, vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail, small fry, commoner, one of the people, democrat, plebeian, republican, proletary, proletaire, roturier, Mr, Snooks, bourgeois, epicier, Philistine, cockney, grisette, demimonde, peasant, countryman, boor, carle, churl, villain, villein, terrae filius, son of the land, serf, kern, tyke, tike, chuff, ryot, fellah, longshoreman, swain, clown, hind, clod, clodhopper, hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin, plowman, plowboy, rustic, hayseed, lunkhead, chaw-bacon, tiller of the soil, hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling, gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin, looby, rube, lout, underling, gamin, rough, pot- wallopper, slubberdegullion, vulgar fellow,
low fellow, cad, curmudgeon, upstart, parvenu, skipjack, nobody, nobody one knows, hesterni quirites, pessoribus orti, bourgeois gentilhomme, novus homo, snob, gent, mushroom, no one knows who, adventurer, man of straw, beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade, gossoon, Goth, Vandal, Hottentot, Zulu, savage, barbarian, Yahoo, unlicked cub, rough diamond, barbarousness, barbarism, boeotia, ignoble, common, mean,
low, base, vile, sorry, scrubby, beggarly, below par, no great shakes, homely, homespun, vulgar,
low-minded, snobbish, plebeian, proletarian, of
low parentage, of
low origin, of
low extraction, of mean parentage, of mean origin, of mean extraction, lowborn, baseborn, earthborn, mushroom, dunghill, risen from the ranks, unknown to fame, obscure, untitled, rustic, uncivilized, loutish, boorish, clownish, churlish, brutish, raffish, rude, unlicked, barbarous, barbarian, barbaric, barbaresque, cockney, born within sound of Bow bells, underling, menial, subaltern, below the salt, dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet.
Faintness
N
faintness, faint sound, whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath, murmur, hum, susurration, tinkle, still small voice, hoarseness, raucity, inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible,
low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, soft, faint, floating, purling, flowing, whispered, liquid, soothing, dulcet, susurrant, susurrous, in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS.
Ululation
VB
cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat,
low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.