Low vs. Scummy

Having little relative height; not high or tall

A filmy or frothy layer of matter that forms on the surface of a liquid or body of water or on a hard surface.

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces

The refuse or dross of molten metals.

Near to the ground or the horizon

Refuse or worthless matter.

Situated or placed below normal height

(Slang) One, such as a person or an element of society, that is regarded as despicable or worthless.

Situated below the surrounding surfaces

To remove the scum from.

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow

To become covered with scum.

Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté

Covered in scum.

Close or closer to a reference point

(slang) sleazy, worthless, no good

(Linguistics) Produced with part or all of the tongue depressed, as a, pronounced (ä), in father. Used of vowels.

Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount

of the most contemptible kind;

Below an average or a standard

covered with scum;

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value

Not loud; soft

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.

Below others in status or rank; lowly

Violating standards of morality or decency; base

The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.

To utter the sound made by cattle; moo.

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

Below the batter's knees.

Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Low-cut.

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Humble, meek, not haughty.

Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

Being a nadir, a bottom.

Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

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Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).

Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.

Simple in complexity or development.

Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

Quiet; soft; not loud.

(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.

(card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.

Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).

The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.

An area of low pressure; a depression.

The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.

A flame; fire; blaze.

Barrow, mound, tumulus.

A hill.

Close to the ground.

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

In a time approaching our own.

(astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.

To lower; to make low.

inflection of laugh.

(intransitive) To moo.

To burn; to blaze.

To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.

To burn; to blaze.

To depress; to lower.

The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

A hill; a mound; a grave.

Fire; a flame; a light.

The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.

Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.

Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.

Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.

Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ă (ăm), ạ (ạll). See Guide to Pronunciation, 5, 10, 11.

Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.

Numerically small; as, a low number.

Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.

Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison.

Submissive; humble.

Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.

Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.

In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.

In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.

In time approaching our own.

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.

With a low musical pitch or tone.

In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.

In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; - said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

a low level or position or degree;

the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension;

very low in volume;

unrefined in character;

used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

of the most contemptible kind;

low or inferior in station or quality;

no longer sufficient;

subdued or brought low in condition or status;

low in spirits;

being the gear producing the lowest drive speed;

in a low position; near the ground;