1. nadir - Noun
2. nadir - Verb
3. Nadir - Proper noun
That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOnce, when Nadir was told that there was no war in paradise, he was reported to have asked: "How can there be any delights there?" Nader Shah
Nineteen forty-five marked the nadir of Western Civilization. Modris Eksteins
Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle. Diablo Cody
As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly. Sylvia Ashton-Warner
I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes. John Malkovich
Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power But if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness. Charles Caleb Colton