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lowering

noun

1 lowering

The act of causing to become less.

Roget 308: lowering etc. v.; depression; dip etc. (concavity) 252; abasement; detrusion; reduction.    overthrow, overset, overturn; ... show more

Polish: obniżenie się

2 lowering

The act of causing something to move to a lower level.

synonym: letting down.

adjective

1 lowering

Darkened by clouds.

synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening.

Roget 837: cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery; unlively; unhappy etc. 828; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Acheronian, Acherontic, Cimmerian, Stygian, abatement, about to be, abridgment, abusive, alleviation, already in sight, apocalyptic, approaching, at hand, attenuation, bad, baleful, baneful, beetle, beetle-browed, beetling ... show more.

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