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lowbrow
adjective low·brow \-ˌbrau̇\
: not interested in serious art, literature, ideas, etc. : relating to or intended for people who are not interested in serious art, literature, ideas, etc.
Full Definition of LOWBROW
: of, relating to, or suitable for a person with little taste or intellectual interest <a lowbrow horror movie>
— lowbrow noun
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First Known Use of LOWBROW
1913
Related to LOWBROW
- Synonyms
- common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, coarse, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
- Antonyms
- civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred
Rhymes with LOWBROW
Aargau, allow, and how, ant cow, as how, avow, Belau, Bissau, bowwow, Breslau, cacao, cahow, Callao, cash cow, chowchow, chow chow, Cracow, Dachau, Davao, Donau, endow, enow, erenow, eyebrow, gangplow, Hankow, hausfrau, haymow, highbrow, hoosegow, jiao, Jungfrau, know-how, kowtow, Kraków, landau, luau, Lucknow, Macao, mau-mau, meow, Moscow, nohow, Palau, powwow, sea cow, snowplow, somehow, Spandau, Zwickau
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