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низкий — meaning in English

nizkiy

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English meaning

  • contemptible adj Deserving scorn or disrespect; despicable.
  • deep adj Extending a long way down from the top or surface.
  • grave noun A hole dug in the ground to bury a dead body.
  • ignoble adjective Lacking honour or moral worth; shameful or unworthy of respect.
  • lousy adj Very poor in quality; remarkably bad.
  • low adj Close to the ground or to a base level; not high.
  • nefarious adj Wicked or criminal, especially in a way that is notorious or widely condemned.
  • odious adj Deeply unpleasant; causing strong dislike or disgust.
  • profound adj Showing great depth of thought, understanding, or feeling.
  • shameless adj Feeling or showing no shame or embarrassment, even when it would be expected.
  • short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
  • sordid adj Morally low, distasteful, or shameful; involving dishonesty or vice.
  • squalid adj Extremely dirty, neglected, and unpleasant, especially describing living conditions.
  • vile adj Morally disgusting or contemptible.

Senses

низкий is used for these senses in English:

  • contemptible Deserving contempt.
  • deep (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
  • deep (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
  • grave Low in pitch, tone etc. [from 17th c.]
  • ignoble Not honorable; base.
  • low Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
  • low (especially in, _, biology) Simple in complexity or development.
  • low (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.

deep — full definition

  1. adj Extending a long way down from the top or surface.
  2. adj Profound or complex in meaning; not superficial.
  3. adj Low in pitch, describing a voice or sound.
  4. adj Intensely rich or saturated, describing colour.
  5. adv Far into or down through something, physically or figuratively.

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