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middlebrowenUK
mid·dle·brow M0280700 (mĭd′l-brou′)n. Informal One who is somewhat cultured, with conventional tastes and interests; one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.
[middle + (high)brow and (low)brow.]
mid′dle·brow′ adj.middlebrow (ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ) na person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciationadjof or appealing to middlebrows: middlebrow culture. ˈmiddleˌbrowism nmid•dle•brow (ˈmɪd lˌbraʊ)
n. 1. a person of conventional tastes and interests; a moderately cultivated person. adj. 2. characteristic of or catering to middlebrows. [1920–25] mid′dle•brow`ism, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  middlebrow - someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrowindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
TranslationsmiddlebrowenUK
middlebrowNeither particularly intelligent and refined nor particularly uncultured or crude in style, content, or quality. I used to pride myself on my refined tastes when I was in college, but they've become positively middlebrow since I settled down as an adult. It's an inoffensive, middlebrow film aimed at middle-class parents in need of a few hours' distraction.middlebrow mod. middle-class; average or mediocre. (Between highbrow and lowbrow.) She has average middlebrow tastes and drives a midsized Chevrolet. middlebrowenUK
Words related to middlebrownoun someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrowRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- colloquialism
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