lowbrow
Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or cultureUnsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
» He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.
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1 sensesUnsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.
niveaulos, ungebildet, banausisch
низкопро́бныйnizkopróbnyj, низкосо́ртныйnizkosórtnyj, по́шлыйpóšlyj
- characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Examples
2 sentencesHe may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.
Can you eat chicken-fried steak, or is that too lowbrow for your refined palate?
Translations
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Origin
A bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 1902. RefersA bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 1902. Refers to the (by that time discredited) pseudoscience of phrenology, which suggested that a person of low intelligence and sophistication would possess a lower brow-line than someone of greater intelligence and sophistication.
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Forms
more lowbrow, most lowbrow| Comparative | more lowbrow Lesson |
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| Superlative | most lowbrow Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes:lowbroweduncultivated
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.