lowlight

English

Etymology

low +‎ light. Formed by analogy with highlight.

Noun

lowlight (plural lowlights)

1. A particularly bad or mediocre aspect.
   • 2007 September 14, Richard Sandomir, “Right Tools Help Make Right Mix in Booth”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is not commenting on Dick Cheney’s marksmanship lowlights here.

2. 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)

1. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a darker colour than the rest.

Anagrams

• owllight