Lowering Synonyms and Antonyms

louəriŋ
Darkened by clouds
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. threatening
  2. overhanging
  3. heavy
  4. menacing
  5. sullen
Make lower or quieter
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. depressing
  2. dropping
  3. louring
  4. devaluing
  5. depreciating
  6. cheapening
  7. demoting
  8. lessening
  9. dipping
  10. descending
  11. grounding
  12. diminishing
  13. reducing
  14. demeaning
  15. degrading
  16. debasing
  17. abating
  18. abasing
  19. subsiding
  20. submerging
  21. downgrading
  22. sinking
  23. scowling
  24. muting
  25. decreasing
  26. immersing
  27. humiliating
  28. humbling
  29. glowering
  30. glaring
  31. frowning
  32. falling
  33. drooping
  34. disparaging
  35. dishonoring
Antonyms:
  1. complimenting
  2. lauding
  3. praising
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To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stooping
  2. sinking
  3. descending
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. truncating
  2. trimming
  3. slashing
  4. shearing
  5. pruning
  6. paring
  7. lopping
  8. cutting
  9. cropping
  10. clipping
  11. chopping
Cause to drop or sink
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dropping
  2. depressing
Antonyms:
  1. increasing
  2. rising
  3. heightening
  4. elevating
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To be imminent
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. threatening
  2. overhanging
  3. menacing
  4. looming
  5. brewing
Move something or somebody to a lower position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scowling
  2. glowering
  3. glaring
Antonyms:
  1. raising
  2. elevating
  3. increasing
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. glowering
  2. scowling
  3. louring
  4. frowning
The act of causing something to move to a lower level
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. letting-down

Words Related to Lowering

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Lowering Sentence Examples

  • She glanced at the ring and leaned forward, lowering her voice.

  • Han asked, lowering his book.

  • Lowering his head, his lips touched hers.

  • He lifted her into his arms and carried her to his bedroom, gently lowering her to the bed.

  • He was picking up the paper and lowering his frame into a chair when he noticed she had stopped.

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