lowbrow
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- adjective
- /ˈloʊˌbraʊ/
- Offensive
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[OFENSIVO] zafio
- I don't want my juvenile, lowbrow taste in literature to become widespread knowledge.
- highbrow and lowbrow
Like all these things like HBO was lowbrow quality content, right?
- Like all these things like HBO was lowbrow quality content, right?
Examples
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He prefers lowbrow television shows that do not require much thinking.
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You know I have lowbrow taste.
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Though his taste is described by many as lowbrow... it is his own.
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Much like a modern TV show or any lowbrow action flick.
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My parents think his family is lowbrow and an example of what happens when you don't go to college.
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Comics were seen as this lowbrow entertainment with no respectability whatsoever.
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I loved the way he described his music taste—"lowbrow music for smart people."
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You're left with lowbrow humor and throwaway plots, which aren't necessarily a bad thing.
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Many people enjoy lowbrow humor, finding it entertaining and easy to understand.
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The festival featured lowbrow art that appealed to a wide, casual audience.
Synonyms
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Showing little interest in art or books and having bad manners
Shows little interest in serious art and ideas, preferring simple popular entertainment
A person who has little schooling or interest in the arts
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
Dull and showing little imagination or culture
Antonyms
How Cultured
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- Literature
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lowbrow comes from brow meaning 'forehead', as in eyebrow, and from the older term highbrow, which suggested a 'high' forehead showed intelligence. So lowbrow describes tastes or people seen as 'not highly intellectual' or less cultured.