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单词 lowbrow
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(loʊbraʊ) also low-brow
adjective
If you say that something is lowbrow, you mean that it is easy to understand or appreciate rather than intellectual and is therefore perhaps inferior.
His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.
...low-brow novels.
Synonyms: unsophisticated, popular, shallow, lightweight More Synonyms of lowbrow

lowbrow in British English

(ˈləʊˌbraʊ) derogatory
noun
1. 
a person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastes
adjective also: lowbrowed
2. 
of or characteristic of such a person
Derived forms
lowbrowism (ˈlowˌbrowism)
noun

lowbrow in American English

(ˈloʊˌbraʊ)
US
noun
1. 
a person lacking or considered to lack highly cultivated, intellectual tastes
adjective
2. 
of or for a lowbrow

Examples of 'lowbrow' in a sentence
lowbrow

The accompanying photo consisted mainly of smoke and men running, like the cover of a lowbrow thriller.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
(adjective) 
Definition
of or for such a person
lowbrow novels
Synonyms
unsophisticated
popular
shallow
lightweight
Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.
tabloid
inferior
easy-to-understand
mass-market
undemanding
insubstantial
unscholarly

Additional synonyms

in the sense of lightweight
Definition
not serious
Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.
Synonyms
unimportant,
shallow,
trivial,
insignificant,
slight,
petty,
worthless,
trifling,
flimsy,
paltry,
inconsequential,
undemanding,
insubstantial,
nickel-and-dime (US, slang),
of no account

Nearby words of
lowbrow

  • low-minded
  • low-spirited
  • low-tech
  • lowbrow
  • lower
  • lowering
  • lowly

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