ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Medium-brow

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Medium-brow is an adjective meaning (rare) Of medium sophistication or intellectual level; lying between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow.

Meaning

(rare) Of medium sophistication or intellectual level; lying between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow.

Example Sentences

This channel shows mostly medium-brow programmes.
Yah. It's the first good medium-brow show they've had, and it's going to be a knockout.
Well, if that is medium-brow music, startled minds will no doubt be wondering what is left to be called low-brow.
Our correspondents are urged to cultivate a good medium-brow vocabulary, to conform to the taste of a medium-brow editor.

Synonyms for medium-brow

Depending on context, synonyms include middlebrow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include middlebrow, midbrow, middlebrowed, no-brow, midclass, midlevel.

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