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1 modicité
modicité [mɔdisite]feminine noun* * *mɔdisitenom féminin lowness* * *mɔdisite nf[prix] modestness* * *modicité nf lowness; la modicité de leurs revenus their low income; la modicité des prix the low prices.[mɔdisite] nom féminin -
2 bassesse
bassesse [bαsεs]feminine noun( = mesquinerie) baseness* * *bɑsɛs1) ( caractère vil) baseness, lownessavec bassesse — [se comporter, agir] basely
2) ( acte vil) base ou despicable act* * *bɒsɛs nf1) (= caractère) baseness2) (= acte) base act* * *bassesse nf1 ( caractère vil) baseness, lowness; faire preuve de bassesse dans son attitude/ses actes to show baseness in one's attitude/one's actions; avec bassesse [se comporter, agir] basely;2 ( acte vil) base ou despicable act; commettre des bassesses to commit despicable acts; prêt à toutes les bassesses prepared to stoop to anything; obtenir une faveur à force de bassesses to obtain a favourGB through base actions.[basɛs] nom féminin1. [caractère vil] baseness[servilité] servility2. [action - mesquine] base ou despicable act ; [ - servile] servile act -
3 gravité
gravité [gʀavite]feminine nouna. [de problème, situation, blessure] seriousnessb. [d'air, ton] gravity* * *gʀavite1) ( caractère préoccupant) seriousness2) ( caractère solennel) solemnity3) Physique gravity* * *ɡʀavite nf1) [blessure] seriousness2) [personne] seriousness, gravity3) PHYSIQUE gravity* * *gravité nf1 ( caractère préoccupant) (de problème, situation) seriousness, gravity; (de blessure, maladie) seriousness; une blessure/un accident sans gravité a minor injury/accident;2 ( caractère solennel) solemnity;3 Phys gravity; centre de gravité centreGB of gravity.[gravite] nom féminin3. [caractère alarmant] seriousness[d'une blessure] severityun accident sans gravité s'est produit en gare d'Orléans there was a minor accident at the station in Orléans4. [pesanteur] gravity -
4 lâcheté
lâcheté [lα∫te]feminine noun( = couardise) cowardice• je trouve ça d'une lâcheté ! that's so cowardly!* * *lɑʃte1) ( défaut) cowardice [U]2) ( acte) cowardly act* * *lɒʃte nf* * *lâcheté nf1 ( défaut) cowardice ¢; par lâcheté out of cowardice;2 ( acte) cowardly act.[laʃte] nom féminin1. [manque de courage] cowardice[procédé vil] low ou dirty trick
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Lowness — may mean:* The English word lowness (see Wiktionary entry to the right), a form of low * The noun form of Low (complexity), a relationship between complexity classes in computational complexity theory … Wikipedia
Lowness — Low ness, n. The state or quality of being low. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lowness — index bad character, depression Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lowness — (n.) early 13c., from LOW (Cf. low) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
Lowness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lowness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lowness lowness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 debasement debasement depression prostration &c.(horizontal) 213 Sgm: N 1 depression depression &c.(concave) 252 GRP: N 2 … English dictionary for students
lowness — noun 1. a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑downheartedness, ↑dejectedness, ↑low spiritedness, ↑dispiritedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited ( … Useful english dictionary
lowness — noun The property of being low. Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to… … Wiktionary
lowness — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, baseness, bassness, beggarliness, blank despondency, brevity, briefness, commonness, commonplaceness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness,… … Moby Thesaurus
lowness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of height Nouns 1. lowness, shortness, flatness, deepness, depth; debasement, depression, prostration. See inferiority. 2. (low location) lowlands; basement, cellar, dungeon, ground floor, hold; low… … English dictionary for students
lowness — Ⅰ. low [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) of less than average height. 2) situated not far above the ground, horizon, etc. 3) below average in amount, extent, or intensity. 4) lacking importance, prestige, or quality; inferior. 5) (of a sound) deep. 6) … English terms dictionary
lowness — noun see low III … New Collegiate Dictionary