low (location)
→
sad
7 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52338) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | nede | |
| meaning 1 | low (location) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | It’s not so bad to be in low spirits for a while if you know you’ll bounce back soon. |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 52333) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | low | |
| meaning 1 | situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | depressed in mood, dejected, sad | As low as I felt, at least I didn't have Hunding's [miserable] job. (2016, Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor, page 33) |
| reference | English Wiktionary OED NBARS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 52340) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | down | |
| meaning 1 | at a lower level than before | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (informal) sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low | We get down, down, down / We feel sorry for ourselves / We get down, down, down / We all need somebody's help (2011, Rachel Platten, “Overwhelmed”) Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend. Been down so long it seems like up to me ("I Will Turn Your Money Green" blues song) |
| reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 52337) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | nieder + schlagen | |
| lexeme 2 | niedergeschlagen | |
| meaning 1 | low + to beat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | downhearted, low-spirited | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 52335) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | abatir | |
| lexeme 2 | abatido | |
| meaning 1 | to make something fall or descend | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | discouraged, depressed | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 52336) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | bajo + cabeza | |
| lexeme 2 | cabizbajo | |
| meaning 1 | low (location) + head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | downcast, dejected, gloomy | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 52339) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | nere | |
| meaning 1 | low (location) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) down, sad, depressed (of humans) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary SAOB | |
| comment | ||