Lowbrow
adjective
Not highly intellectual or cultured.
The lowbrow humor of the comedy show did not impress the intellectual audience.
Often appears as...
- lowbrow humor
- lowbrow entertainment
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Disapproving
noun
A person who is not very intellectual or cultured.
He found most of his classmates to be lowbrows who had no interest in literature or the arts.
Often appears as...
- be a lowbrow
- act like a lowbrow
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Disapproving
adjective
Not highly intellectual or cultured.
The lowbrow humor of the comedy show did not impress the intellectual audience.
Often appears as...
- lowbrow humor
- lowbrow entertainment
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who is not very intellectual or cultured.
He found most of his classmates to be lowbrows who had no interest in literature or the arts.
Often appears as...
- be a lowbrow
- act like a lowbrow
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'lowbrow' in casual settings to describe simple, easily accessible content.
They preferred lowbrow magazines with lots of pictures and gossip.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Offense
'Lowbrow' can sound critical, suggesting a lack of sophistication or depth.
Calling their favorite show lowbrow offended them.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Lowbrow' isn't always bad; some enjoy content precisely because it's uncomplicated.
After a hard day, they wanted nothing but lowbrow TV to unwind.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'lowbrow' in casual settings to describe simple, easily accessible content.
They preferred lowbrow magazines with lots of pictures and gossip.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Offense
'Lowbrow' can sound critical, suggesting a lack of sophistication or depth.
Calling their favorite show lowbrow offended them.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Lowbrow' isn't always bad; some enjoy content precisely because it's uncomplicated.
After a hard day, they wanted nothing but lowbrow TV to unwind.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'lowbrow' in casual settings to describe simple, easily accessible content.
They preferred lowbrow magazines with lots of pictures and gossip.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Offense
'Lowbrow' can sound critical, suggesting a lack of sophistication or depth.
Calling their favorite show lowbrow offended them.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Lowbrow' isn't always bad; some enjoy content precisely because it's uncomplicated.
After a hard day, they wanted nothing but lowbrow TV to unwind.
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Marian Bantjes:...
And these were created without sketches, just freehand, by putting the sugar down on a white surface and then manipulating it to get the words and designs out of it. Recently, I've also made some rather highbrow baroque borders out of lowbrow pasta.
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Why should you read...
It's a very funny book. It has highbrow intellectual humor, if you have the patience to track down Joyce's references, and more lowbrow dirty jokes. Those, and other sexual references, were too much for some.
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Marian Bantjes:...
And these were created without sketches, just freehand, by putting the sugar down on a white surface and then manipulating it to get the words and designs out of it. Recently, I've also made some rather highbrow baroque borders out of lowbrow pasta.
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Why should you read...
It's a very funny book. It has highbrow intellectual humor, if you have the patience to track down Joyce's references, and more lowbrow dirty jokes. Those, and other sexual references, were too much for some.
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Andrei Codrescu
American Poet
There is a slight problem with being a conceptual artist these days: You won't get paid. But this levels the field and takes the art of money out of the field of serious art. The only conceptual artists who would conceive of making money on the Internet are a lowbrow species known as hustlers.
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Martin Donovan
American Actor
I'm a sucker for entertainment and escapism as much as the next person. I like silly and lowbrow stuff, but I get nervous when I indulge in that too often. I want to know what's going on in the world. I have a morbid fear of being surprised by bad news. I want to anticipate everything.
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Martin Short
American Actor
Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.
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Dan Schneider
Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Cheers,' even 'MASH,' they're full of broad slapstick comedy. Call it cheap or lowbrow, but it works and it works for people of all ages.
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Henry Miller
American Author
One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.
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Jasper Fforde
British Novelist
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
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Robert Christgau
American Journalist
I am interested in the highbrow/lowbrow synthesis. My sensibility, I am proud to say, is middlebrow.
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
What's great about teen fiction is that it's all mixed up - there's highbrow and lowbrow!
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St. Vincent
American Musician
I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow.
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Domhnall Gleeson
Irish Actor
I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
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Andrei Codrescu
American Poet
There is a slight problem with being a conceptual artist these days: You won't get paid. But this levels the field and takes the art of money out of the field of serious art. The only conceptual artists who would conceive of making money on the Internet are a lowbrow species known as hustlers.
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Martin Donovan
American Actor
I'm a sucker for entertainment and escapism as much as the next person. I like silly and lowbrow stuff, but I get nervous when I indulge in that too often. I want to know what's going on in the world. I have a morbid fear of being surprised by bad news. I want to anticipate everything.
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Martin Short
American Actor
Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.
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Dan Schneider
Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Cheers,' even 'MASH,' they're full of broad slapstick comedy. Call it cheap or lowbrow, but it works and it works for people of all ages.
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Henry Miller
American Author
One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.
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Jasper Fforde
British Novelist
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
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Robert Christgau
American Journalist
I am interested in the highbrow/lowbrow synthesis. My sensibility, I am proud to say, is middlebrow.
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
What's great about teen fiction is that it's all mixed up - there's highbrow and lowbrow!
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St. Vincent
American Musician
I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow.
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Domhnall Gleeson
Irish Actor
I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
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