low-down UK /ˈləʊ.daʊn/US /ˈloʊ.daʊn/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •(slang) Of a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for. — 1950 •Down, depressed.Nothing ever happens in this town, feeling low-down, not a lot to do around here. I thought that I would go right out of my mind until my friend told me the news. — 2003 noun1 •An abject or despicable person.He was a lowdown because white men made him that way. Don't you agree? — 2014 formslow-downs · more low-down · most low-down