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Synonyms for lowdown
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : noun loh-doun; adjective loh-doun |
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈloʊˌdaʊn; adjective ˈloʊˈdaʊn |
Top 10 synonyms for lowdown Other synonyms for the word lowdown
- abandoned
- ABC's
- ABCs
- abhorred
- abject
- abominable
- accursed
- admonition
- advisement
- affidavit
- afflicted
- ammo
- amoral
- annal
- arch
- arrant
- artificial
- ashen
- assignment
- at
- atrocious
- attestation
- avaricious
- averment
- awful
- bad news
- barbaric
- barbarous
- base
- bawdy
- beggarly
- below the belt
- Bible truth
- black
- bleeding
- bloody
- blow by blow
- blue
- bodily
- bottom line
- brass tacks
- break
- briefing
- bulletin
- bummed
- bummed out
- buzz
- cable
- calamitous
- calculated
- carnal
- case
- cast-down
- casuistic
- caution
- caveat
- certainty
- certification
- chapter and verse
- cheap
- chronicle
- circular
- circumstance
- clincher
- clue
- coarse
- cognizance
- comment
- comments
- common
- communication
- communiqué
- concupiscent
- confidence
- confirmation
- conscienceless
- contemptible
- conversation
- converse
- copy
- corroboration
- corrupt
- counsel
- covetous
- crafty
- crass
- credentials
- crestfallen
- criterion
- criticism
- critique
- crooked
- crude
- crummy
- cue
- currish
- data
- debased
- debauched
- deceitful
- declaration
- deep
- degenerate
- degraded
- degrading
- dejected
- demonstration
- deplorable
- deposition
- depraved
- depressed
- derisory
- description
- desolate
- despicable
- despisable
- despondent
- destroyed
- detail
- details
- detestable
- developments
- devilish
- directive
- dirt
- dirty
- disclosure
- disconsolate
- discovery
- disgraceful
- disgusting
- disheartened
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- dispatch
- dispirited
- disreputable
- dissolute
- distasteful
- distinct
- distressed
- documentation
- documents
- dolorous
- dope
- dossier
- dowdy
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- down-and-out
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- earful
- egregious
- element
- enlightenment
- erudition
- establishment
- evil
- evil-minded
- exaggerated
- excerpt
- exclusive
- execrable
- exhibit
- explanation
- exploitative
- exposé
- extreme
- eye-opener
- fact
- facts
- facts of life
- fast
- faulty
- feature
- fed up
- fiendish
- fiery
- filthy
- findings
- fixed
- flagitious
- flashy
- fleshly
- flimsy
- foolish
- forlorn
- foul
- frightful
- front-page news
- garish
- gaudy
- ghastly
- gloomy
- glum
- godawful
- goods
- gory
- gospel
- gospel truth
- grabber
- graceless
- graphic
- grasping
- grim
- grisly
- grody
- gross
- grounds
- grubby
- guidelines
- guilty
- handbill
- hapless
- hard truth
- hard-core
- hateable
- hateful
- headlines
- hearsay
- heartless
- heavy-hearted
- heel
- heinous
- hideous
- history
- hopeless
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- hot
- hot and heavy
- hot news
- hot story
- hot tip
- hurting
- ideas
- ignoble
- ignominious
- illegal
- illumination
- immoral
- impious
- impish
- impolite
- improper
- impure
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- inconsiderable
- inconsiderate
- incontinent
- incorrigible
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indication
- indiscreet
- ineffectual
- inelegant
- inequitable
- inferior
- influenced
- info
- information
- inglorious
- iniquitous
- inside dope
- inside story
- insignificant
- instruction
- intelligence
- intimate intelligence
- intimation
- irreligious
- item
- itemization
- juicy morsel
- justification
- know
- knowledge
- language
- lascivious
- leak
- learning
- lecherous
- let down
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- like it is
- limited
- livid
- lore
- loud
- lousy
- low
- low-down
- low-down-and-dirty
- low-spirited
- lowdown
- lowest
- lubricious
- lubricous
- lugubrious
- lustful
- macabre
- maggot
- make
- makeshift
- manifesto
- material
- meager
- mean
- measly
- melancholic
- melancholy
- melodramatic
- memo
- memorandum
- mercenary
- message
- messy
- minor
- mischievous
- miserable
- miserly
- missive
- monstrous
- moody
- morose
- naked truth
- narration
- narrative
- narrow
- nasty
- naughty
- nauseous
- nefarious
- network
- news
- news flash
- nitty-gritty
- noisome
- note
- notice
- notification
- numbers
- nuts and bolts
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- obscene
- odious
- off-color
- offensive
- on a downer
- one-sided
- order
- orgiastic
- orientation
- ornate
- ostentatious
- outcast
- outlandish
- outrageous
- paltry
- paper trail
- partial
- particularization
- partisan
- pathetic
- perfidious
- pesky
- pessimistic
- petty
- picayune
- picture
- piddling
- pipeline
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plain truth
- plan
- play by play
- point
- poop
- poor
- pornographic
- poster
- précis
- prejudiced
- prescription
- pretentious
- private source
- proclamation
- profane
- propaganda
- prophecy
- prurient
- publicity
- puny
- purple
- questionable
- quotation
- racy
- randy
- rationale
- raunchy
- raw
- real McCoy
- reality
- reason
- reasons
- recital
- recognition
- recommendation
- record
- recreant
- regulation
- release
- reliable source
- remark
- repellent
- report
- reprobate
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revelation
- review
- revolting
- ribald
- ripped
- rotten
- rough
- rude
- rumor
- run-down
- rundown
- ruthless
- sad
- salacious
- salty
- sanguine
- satyric
- savage
- scandal
- scandalous
- scheming
- science
- scoop
- score
- scummy
- scurrilous
- scurvy
- sealed order
- secret
- seedy
- self-seeking
- selfish
- sensational
- sensual
- servile
- set
- shabby
- shady
- shameful
- shameless
- shifty
- shocking
- shoddy
- showy
- sickening
- sign
- sinful
- singing the blues
- sinister
- skinny
- sleazy
- slight
- slippery
- slovenly
- slum
- slummy
- sly
- small
- small-minded
- smoking gun
- smutty
- sob story
- soft-core
- sordid
- sorrowful
- sorry
- speciality
- specific
- specification
- specs
- speech
- spiritless
- squalid
- squib
- startling
- state's evidence
- statement
- steamy
- steer
- stingy
- story
- straight stuff
- straight truth
- stupid
- substantiation
- suggestive
- summary
- summons
- swinish
- tab
- tacky
- tactless
- take
- taken down
- tale
- talk
- tawdry
- telecast
- telegram
- telling
- terrible
- terrifying
- testament
- testimony
- the goods
- the lowdown
- the picture
- the whole picture
- thing
- thoughtless
- tidings
- tip
- tip-off
- torn up
- trace
- tragic
- translation
- trashy
- trifling
- tristful
- trivial
- troublesome
- troublous
- two-faced
- unalloyed truth
- unchaste
- unclean
- uncleanly
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- unconsequential
- uncouth
- underhand
- underhanded
- undeserved
- undisclosed source
- unethical
- unfair
- unforgivable
- unfortunate
- ungenerous
- unhappy
- unimportant
- unjustified
- unkind
- unlovely
- unmerited
- unpolished
- unprincipled
- unrefined
- unrighteous
- unseemly
- unsightly
- unworthy
- useless
- utterance
- validation
- venal
- verification
- version
- vexatious
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- violent
- vivid
- voluptuous
- vulgar
- wanton
- warning
- warrant
- wayward
- weak
- weeping
- what's what
- wherefore
- whole story
- why
- whyfor
- wicked
- wild
- wisdom
- wistful
- witness
- woebegone
- woeful
- word
- work
- worthless
- wretched
- write-up
- wrong
- wrongful
- X-rated
- yellow
Définition of lowdown
- As in lascivious : adj sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex
- As in lecherous : adj lustful, lewd
- As in low : adj depressed
- As in lurid : adj shocking, gruesome
- As in paltry : adj poor; worthless
- As in shabby : adj despicable
- As in sordid : adj dirty, bad, low
- As in tasteless : adj cheap, vulgar
- As in ugly : adj unpleasant, disagreeable
- As in unjust : adj not fair
- As in unscrupulous : adj immoral
- As in wicked : adj corrupt, bad
- As in wretched : adj terrible, very bad
- As in melancholic : adj depressed
- As in tristful : adj depressed
- As in contemptible : adj despicable, shameful
- As in depressed : adj discouraged
- As in detestable : adj loathsome, abominable
- As in information : noun facts, news
- As in intelligence : noun secret information
- As in news : noun information, revelation
- As in notice : noun announcement, information
- As in particular : noun detail
- As in proof : noun evidence, authentication
- As in account : noun written description of past events
- As in chapter and verse : noun precise detail on a subject
- As in gospel truth : noun absolute truth
- As in inside information : noun confidential information
- As in rationalization : noun account
- As in tiding : noun news
- As in communication : noun information transmitted
- As in direction(s) : noun instructions, guidance
- As in dirt : noun gossip
- As in dope : noun inside news
- As in facts : noun inside information
- He could be lowdown and vulgar enough to ask right out if he wished.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- One is lowdown and contemptible and nasty, and the other is expedient.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- You stinkin, lowdown Mick, youve been givin us dirt all winter.
- Extract from : « The Boss of Wind River » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
- He treated me mighty sorry—it was lowdown and mean all the way through, the way he done me—but I didn't mean him no real harm.
- Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
- En you ain't got no mo' feelin' den to come en tell me, dat fetched sich a po' lowdown ornery rabbit into de worl'!
- Extract from : « The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- You can't give up a lowdown trade That your ancestors began; A butcher butchers things, and yet He's the tenderest-hearted man.
- Extract from : « Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works » by Kalidasa
Antonyms for lowdown
- above
- aboveboard
- admirable
- admired
- adorable
- adored
- agreeable
- aiding
- amateur
- answer
- appetizing
- assisting
- attractive
- beautiful
- behaved
- big
- blessed
- brain
- bright
- bulging
- careful
- chaste
- cheerful
- cherished
- clean
- cleanliness
- comforted
- concealment
- consequential
- convex
- couth
- cover
- decent
- delicate
- delightful
- dull
- elevated
- encouraged
- encouraging
- equitable
- ethical
- excellent
- fair
- flavorful
- flourishing
- fortunate
- frank
- friendly
- gay
- generality
- genius
- gentle
- glad
- good
- great
- happy
- healthy
- heartened
- heedlessness
- helpful
- high
- history
- honest
- honorable
- hopeful
- humble
- hypothesis
- ignorance
- impartial
- important
- inability
- increased
- ineptness
- joyful
- joyous
- just
- kind
- large
- lawful
- lies
- likeable
- lovable
- loveable
- loved
- lovely
- lucky
- mild
- misdirection
- misinstruction
- modest
- moral
- morality
- neglect
- nice
- normal
- obedient
- open
- optimistic
- pleasant
- pleasing
- plenty
- polished
- principled
- prized
- prominent
- prosperous
- pureness
- purity
- pushed up
- question
- quiet
- raised
- refined
- reputable
- respectable
- respected
- rich
- right
- safe
- satisfied
- savory
- scrupulous
- secret
- significant
- silence
- sophisticated
- sterility
- strong
- substantial
- sufficient
- suppression
- tall
- tasteful
- tasty
- theory
- trustworthy
- truth
- truthful
- unbiased
- unburdened
- unprejudiced
- upright
- useful
- valuable
- wealthy
- well
- withholding
- wonderful
- worthwhile
- worthy
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