lowlight
English
Etymology
low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight.
Noun
lowlight (plural lowlights)
- A particularly bad or mediocre aspect.
- 2007 September 14, Richard Sandomir, “Right Tools Help Make Right Mix in Booth”, in New York Times:
- He is not commenting on Dick Cheney’s marksmanship lowlights here.
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- In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker colour rather than a lighter one.
Coordinate terms
- highlight
Verb
lowlight (third-person singular simple present lowlights, present participle lowlighting, simple past and past participle lowlighted)
- (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a darker colour than the rest.
Anagrams
- owllight