Nadir
noun
The lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.
This team suffered a real nadir last season when they lost fifteen games.
Often appears as...
- hit a nadir
- reach a nadir
noun
The lowest point in the sky at which a celestial body appears.
The moon is at its nadir.
Often appears as...
- moon at nadir
- star at nadir
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.
This team suffered a real nadir last season when they lost fifteen games.
Often appears as...
- hit a nadir
- reach a nadir
noun
The lowest point in the sky at which a celestial body appears.
The moon is at its nadir.
Often appears as...
- moon at nadir
- star at nadir
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a very low or unsuccessful period in life or business.
The company's sales hit their nadir last April.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Nadir' in non-astronomy contexts doesn't refer to a physical location, but to an abstract sense of being very low.
Her spirits reached their nadir during the court case.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, suggesting deep pessimism or failure.
After the divorce, he was at the nadir of his emotional well-being.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a very low or unsuccessful period in life or business.
The company's sales hit their nadir last April.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Nadir' in non-astronomy contexts doesn't refer to a physical location, but to an abstract sense of being very low.
Her spirits reached their nadir during the court case.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, suggesting deep pessimism or failure.
After the divorce, he was at the nadir of his emotional well-being.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a very low or unsuccessful period in life or business.
The company's sales hit their nadir last April.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Nadir' in non-astronomy contexts doesn't refer to a physical location, but to an abstract sense of being very low.
Her spirits reached their nadir during the court case.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, suggesting deep pessimism or failure.
After the divorce, he was at the nadir of his emotional well-being.
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Fined for Turtle Egg...
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What we learned from 5...
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What we learned from 5...
except if you look in German. If you look in German, you see something completely bizarre, something you pretty much never see, which is he becomes extremely famous and then all of a sudden plummets, going through a nadir between 1933 and 1945,
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Chaos in the Heart of...
He actually met his nadir when he decreed that all school children had to buy their school uniforms from his, a company that he owned. And when they had... a rebellion, when there was a protest, he had a hundred of them arrested,
Video examples
Fined for Turtle Egg...
if he knew that what he'd done was against the law I did anything the nadir you know what it in boonton a ton ami del maguey wipe it would be a lie if I said I didn't know if I let it slip wet and oily moody an Elohim wallet thought my wife was pregnant at the time so she told me to bring some eggs home if I
Video examples
What we learned from 5...
gets more and more and more and more famous except if you look in German you live in German you see something completely bizarre something you pretty much never see which is he cut becomes extremely famous and then all of a sudden plummets going through a nadir
Video examples
What we learned from 5...
except if you look in German. If you look in German, you see something completely bizarre, something you pretty much never see, which is he becomes extremely famous and then all of a sudden plummets, going through a nadir between 1933 and 1945,
Video examples
Chaos in the Heart of...
He actually met his nadir when he decreed that all school children had to buy their school uniforms from his, a company that he owned. And when they had... a rebellion, when there was a protest, he had a hundred of them arrested,
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Karan Mahajan
Indian Novelist
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.
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David McCullough
American Historian
My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.
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Len G. Murray
Scottish Lawyer
For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death.
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Diablo Cody
American Writer
Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.
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Karan Mahajan
Indian Novelist
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.
Quote examples
David McCullough
American Historian
My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland.
Quote examples
John Malkovich
American Actor
I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.
Quote examples
Len G. Murray
Scottish Lawyer
For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death.
Quote examples
Diablo Cody
American Writer
Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.
Example 1 of 6
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