Meaning & use
nadir
The lowest or most unsuccessful point of a situation, period, or someone's fortunes.
See it in a sentence
Losing the championship game in the final second was the nadir of his coaching career.
The company's stock price hit its nadir during the recession before slowly recovering.
A note on using this word
Nadir is a formal, often dramatic word reserved for a clear lowest point, and it always pairs naturally with 'zenith' as its opposite.
Words with a similar meaning
low pointrock bottom
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
peakzenith
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