low-down

SEE DEFINITION OF low-down

as inlascivious
as inlecherous
as inlow
as inlurid
as inpaltry
as inshabby
as insordid
as intasteless
as inugly
as inunjust
as inunscrupulous
as inwicked
as inwretched
as inmelancholic
as intristful
as incontemptible
as indepressed
as indetestable

Antonyms for low-down

detestable

adjective. loathsome, abominable

lascivious

adjective. sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex

lecherous

adjective. lustful, lewd

Word Origin & History

also low down, lowdown, "vulgar," 1888, from low (adj.) + down (adv.). Earlier it meant "humble" (1540s). As a noun, 1915, from the adjective, American English.

Example Sentences for low-down

It was a low-down trick and I'm ashamed of myself for proposing it.

Low-down trick of the old woman's, wasn't it, giving you the shake that way?

Perhaps that was a low-down thing to say, but I couldn't help lettin' it come.

Every one knocks instead of boosts, and tells us how low-down we are.

You low-down skunk, what have you been saying about me to the governor?

I ain't the low-down cur as you takes me for—not by a long chalk.

I'd ruther 'swamp' fer a livin' than do low-down work like milkin'.

The worst is, she's married a low-down cur that's been after her money all this time.

Of all the low-down things any man ever done in all his life, that's what you done now.

It's a fine trade you're trying to make; to trade us for a low-down coward like this.

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More words related to low-down

contemptible

depressed

detestable

lascivious

lecherous

low