Antonyms for lowness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loh
Phonetic Transcription : loÊŠ


Definition of lowness

Origin :
  • early 13c., from low (adj.) + -ness.
  • As in ignominy : noun offensive behavior
  • As in baby blues : noun postnatal depression
  • As in meanness : noun the quality of being mean
  • As in depression : noun low spirits; despair
  • As in depth : noun distance down or across
Example sentences :
  • He knew by the lowness of the sun that it was far into the night, and that he had slept for many hours.
  • Extract from : « Eric Brighteyes » by H. Rider Haggard
  • With respect to "highness" and "lowness," my ideas are only eclectic and not very clear.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • What you say about lowness of brackish-water plants interests me.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • Of course it is true that they are handicapped by the lowness of the wages they receive.
  • Extract from : « Change in the Village » by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
  • They had disappeared, and, by the lowness of the sun, I guessed that they must have returned home.
  • Extract from : « Mark Seaworth » by William H.G. Kingston
  • Indeed, it was made on the plan of a bench for length and lowness.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The effect of the whole is that of strength, but dimness and lowness.
  • Extract from : « The Church Index » by William Pepperell
  • Yes, I should be no worse to you I but to me, the lowness of it!
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Was Good » by Leonard Merrick
  • I have likewise been afflicted with lowness of spirits, sir.
  • Extract from : « Wild Wales » by George Borrow
  • Ulloa has remarked on the lowness of the doors in the ancient Peruvian dwellings.
  • Extract from : « A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World » by Charles Darwin

Synonyms for lowness

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