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less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
"low prices"
"the reservoir is low"
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literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension;
"low ceilings"
"low clouds"
"low hills"
"the sun is low"
"low furniture"
"a low bow"
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very low in volume;
"a low murmur"
"the low-toned murmur of the surf"
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unrefined in character;
"low comedy"
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used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
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of the most contemptible kind;
"abject cowardice"
"a low stunt to pull"
"a low-down sneak"
"his miserable treatment of his family"
"You miserable skunk!"
"a scummy rabble"
"a scurvy trick"
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low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
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no longer sufficient;
"supplies are low"
"our funds are depleted"
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subdued or brought low in condition or status;
"brought low"
"a broken man"
"his broken spirit"
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filled with melancholy and despondency ;
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
"a gloomy silence"
"took a grim view of the economy"
"the darkening mood"
"lonely and blue in a strange city"
"depressed by the loss of his job"
"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
"downcast after his defeat"
"feeling discouraged and downhearted"
