lowering
Meanings
Plural: lowerings
Noun
- the act of causing to become less
- the act of causing something to move to a lower level
- The act of something being lowered.
- Alternative form of louring.
Verb
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- set lower
- make lower or quieter
- cause to drop or sink
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
- present participle and gerund of lower
Adjective Satellite
- darkened by clouds
Adj
- Dark and menacing.
- That lowers or frowns.
- Lurking, skulking, menacing.
Origin / Etymology
c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.
Synonyms
bring down, depress, frown, frowning, get down, gloomy, glower, glowering, heavy, let down, letting down, lour, lower, scowling, sullen, take down, threatening, turn down
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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