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lowbrow
low·brow L0266700 (lō′brou′)n. One having uncultivated tastes.adj. also low·browed (-broud′) Uncultivated; vulgar.
[low + (high)brow.]lowbrow (ˈləʊˌbraʊ) na person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastesadjof or characteristic of such a person ˈlowˌbrowism nlow•brow (ˈloʊˌbraʊ)
n. 1. a person with little interest in intellect or culture. adj. 2. characteristic of a lowbrow. [1905–10] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lowbrow - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuitsanti-intellectual, philistinepleb, plebeian - one of the common people | | Adj. | 1. |  lowbrow - characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes"lowbrowed, uncultivatednonintellectual - not intellectual |
lowbrowadjective unsophisticated, popular, shallow, lightweight, tabloid, inferior, easy-to-understand, mass-market, undemanding, insubstantial, unscholarly lowbrow novelsTranslationsvulgairedi scarsa culturalowbrow
lowbrow1. adjective Unrefined, uncultured, or unintellectual, as in style, content, or quality; coarse or vulgar. I used to look down on people who watched lowbrow movies and TV shows in their spare time, but as I've gotten older I've started to see the appeal in it. The premise is clever enough, but it's so overladen with lowbrow humor that I could never really enjoy it fully.2. noun A person with such tastes or opinions. I thought the crass jokes were appalling, but all the lowbrows in the audience obviously thought they were hilarious. You wonder how anyone could enjoy such drivel, until you remember the sheer number of lowbrows there are in this country.lowbrow (ˈlobrɑʊ)1. n. a nonintellectual person; an anti-intellectual person. Some lowbrow came in and made a stink about not being able to find any Gene Autry records. 2. mod. nonintellectual; anti-intellectual. I like my lowbrow music and my lowbrow friends! lowbrow
Synonyms for lowbrowadj unsophisticatedSynonyms- unsophisticated
- popular
- shallow
- lightweight
- tabloid
- inferior
- easy-to-understand
- mass-market
- undemanding
- insubstantial
- unscholarly
Synonyms for lowbrownoun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuitsSynonyms- anti-intellectual
- philistine
Related Wordsadj characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastesSynonymsRelated Words |