Synonyms of the word lowering


LOWERINGCLOUDY - DECREASE - DIMINUTION - HEAVY - MOVEMENT - REDUCTION - STEP-DOWN - SULLEN - THREATENING

lowering

  • v. present participle of lower.
  • adj. That lowers or frowns.
  • n. The act of something being lowered.

cloudy

  • adj. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
  • adj. Not transparent or clear.
  • adj. Uncertain; unclear.

decrease

  • v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
  • n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

diminution

  • n. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
  • n. The act or process of making diminutive.
  • n. (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

heavy

  • adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
  • adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
  • adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
  • adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
  • adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
  • adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
  • adj. (slang) Armed.
  • adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
  • adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
  • adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
  • adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
  • adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
  • adj. Laden to a great extent.
  • adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with…
  • adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
  • adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
  • adj. Not raised or leavened.
  • adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
  • adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
  • adv. heavily.
  • adv. (India, colloquial) very.
  • n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  • n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  • n. (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
  • v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
  • v. To sadden.
  • v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments…
  • adj. Having the heaves.

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

reduction

  • n. The act, process, or result of reducing.
  • n. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
  • n. (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen…
  • n. (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
  • n. (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
  • n. (computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction…
  • n. (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
  • n. (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness…
  • n. (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

step-down

  • adj. That decreases in stages.
  • adj. (of a transformer etc) That reduces a voltage.

sullen

  • adj. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
  • adj. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • adj. Sluggish; slow.
  • adj. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
  • adj. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
  • n. (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
  • n. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

threatening

  • v. present participle of threaten.
  • adj. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
  • n. An act of threatening; a threat.

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