lowliness
State of meekness
Lowliness is the state of being low in rank, status, or importance.
The word carries connotations of humility and modesty: Despite his fame, he never forgot his lowly origins.
In religious contexts, lowliness suggests a virtue—submission before God or acceptance of one's humble place: Blessed are the meek in their lowliness.
State of being unpretentious
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
unassuming · down-to-earth · simplicity · plainness · ordinariness · self-deprecation · understatement · reserve
Moral worthlessness
- commonnessFrequency of occurrence
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- obscurityState of being unknown
- insignificanceLack of consequence or weight
unimportance · inferiority · degradation · abasement · wretchedness · poverty · peasantry · servitude
Yielding to another's judgment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- docilityReadiness to submit
- servilityExcessive willingness to please
acquiescence · subservience · subordination · yielding · passivity · obsequiousness · fawning · dutifulness
humbleness
State of being unpretentious
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
self-effacement · unassuming · down-to-earth · simplicity · plainness · ordinariness · self-deprecation · understatement · reserve · reticence
baseness
Moral worthlessness
- commonnessFrequency of occurrence
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- obscurityState of being unknown
insignificance · unimportance · inferiority · degradation · abasement · wretchedness · poverty · peasantry · servitude · serfdom
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- docilityReadiness to submit
servility · acquiescence · subservience · subordination · yielding · passivity · obsequiousness · fawning · dutifulness · resignation
- humilityhumbleness, humble, meekness, modesty, modest
- sycophancyfawning, toadying, groveling, kowtowing, brown-nosing
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
- abjectionabjection, disgust, revulsion, repulsion, loathing
lowlinessloftiness
Height or noble bearing
nobility · eminence · grandeur · prominence · distinction
lowlinessarrogance
Excessive self-importance
haughtiness · pride · superiority · superciliousness · hauteur
low, lower, lowest, lowered, lowering, lowly, lowlife, lowland, lowercase