lowlight

noun

low·​light ˈlō-ˌlīt 

plural lowlights

1

: a particularly bad or unpleasant event, detail, or part

2

: an area of the hair made a darker color (as through the application of chemical substances)

—usually plural

And his last rule of thumb is to start with a neutral, all-over color—without it, your highlights and lowlights won't pop.

—Rachel Nussbaum

Examples of lowlight in a Sentence

That meal turned out to be one of the lowlights of our vacation.

Recent Examples on the Web

Getting complacent with leads is reminiscent of last season’s lowlights — the weaknesses that looked behind Golden State during its 12-3 start. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024

Toasted Almond Brown Amy Sussman Holohan loves this dark brown with light lowlights to give hair depth and dimension. —Audrey Noble, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024

The rest of the work here is a mixed bag, with Quinton Byfield’s new extension an obvious highlight and the Joel Edmundson deal a lowlight. —Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024

O’Neill went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts in Friday’s 7-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, marking a lowlight of what was a poor all-around showing for the Red Sox. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1