Lowly and Proud

Lowly

Lowly adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.

Proud is an antonym for lowly.

Nearby Word: lowliness

Proud

Proud adjective - Having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself.
Usage example: the unemployed woman was too proud to take a job as a maid

Lowly is an antonym for proud in topics: distinguished, pleased.

Nearby Word: proudly

Both words in one sentence

  • Synopsis: Gendo Ikari the lowly office drone, one-time heir to the illustrious Rukubungi Sushi Empire, is a proud and penniless husband and father.
  • In the Chivalric Romance Robert of Cisyle, the king makes the boast that when God humbles the proud and exalts the lowly, it doesn't mean him.
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