nadir
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
Astrology. the point of a horoscope opposite the midheaven: the cusp of the fourth house.
the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.
Origin of nadir
1Other words for nadir
3 | bottom, floor, foot, depths |
Other words from nadir
- na·dir·al, adjective
Words that may be confused with nadir
- nadir , zenith
Words Nearby nadir
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How to use nadir in a sentence
The nadir of a year riddled with uncertainty, stress and tumult might arrive in early November, when an unusual presidential contest spurs a multistate fight over absentee ballots and confirmed results.
Most Americans understand that we probably won’t see a winner on election night | Philip Bump | September 23, 2020 | Washington PostAt their nadir in April, total hours worked were 16% lower than January in both countries.
Despite wildly different approaches, the US and UK are seeing identical declines in hours worked | Dan Kopf | September 17, 2020 | QuartzRaniere represents a true nadir of sociopathy, and there is no moral equivalency between his worst crimes and short-con financial grifters.
Yet its trade position has also fueled the nation’s currency, which soared almost 30% from a nadir in March.
A country that escaped a recession in 2008 is officially in one now | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 2, 2020 | FortuneTech stocks’ huge share of the index is both a result of and an explanation for the S&P 500’s rebound of more than 50% since its nadir during March’s historic, coronavirus-induced correction.
‘It’s clicks versus bricks’: Why tech stocks won’t be fading anytime soon | reymashayekhi | August 17, 2020 | Fortune
Plus, this sorry excuse for a show represents a sort of cultural nadir when it comes to reality television.
'Sex Box,' a Reality TV Show Where Couples Have Sex in a Box and Discuss It, Is Coming to America | Marlow Stern | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe stock market has gone nuts, more than doubling since its March 2009 nadir.
Why Didn't Obama Tout How Great the Economy Is Doing? | Daniel Gross | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWorse even than what I consider his nadir thus far, the 2011 debt-ceiling fiasco.
Will Obama Learn the Right Lesson From the Summers Debacle? | Michael Tomasky | September 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt its nadir, on September 4, 2012, Facebook closed below $18.
The debt debacle of 2011 was far and away the nadir of his first term.
Michael Tomasky on Obama’s Republican Revenge Over the Debt Limit | Michael Tomasky | December 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is made famous through its connection with an act of cruelty on the part of Sheikh nadir.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferShe was a daughter of the House of nadir Shah, burning with the traditional ambitions of her family.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonIngulfus mentions at the same time a nadir, as he calls it, or planetarium, executed in various metals.
Infinity lay between the end of December and the end of January; in a month his spirits had risen from nadir to zenith.
To Him That Hath | Leroy ScottLife becomes awful by its reaches: its span from zenith to nadir, by moral parallax.
British Dictionary definitions for nadir
/ (ˈneɪdɪə, ˈnæ-) /
the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer and diametrically opposite the zenith
the lowest or deepest point; depths: the nadir of despair
Origin of nadir
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for nadir
[ nā′dər ]
The point on the celestial sphere that is directly below the observer (90 degrees below the celestial horizon). Compare zenith.
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