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Adjective: lowering  law-u-ring
  1. Darkened by clouds
    "a lowering sky"
    - heavy, sullen, threatening
Noun: lowering  law-u-ring
  1. The act of causing to become less
     
  2. The act of causing something to move to a lower level
    - letting down
Verb: lower[2]  law-u(r)
  1. Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
    - frown, glower, lour
Verb: lower  low-u(r)
  1. Move something down to a less high position
    "lower the vase from the shelf"
    - take down, let down, get down, bring down
     
  2. Reduce the ranking, degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
    "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"
     
  3. Make quieter
    "lower the volume of a radio"
    - turn down
     
  4. Cause to drop or sink
    "The lack of rain had lowered the water level in the reservoir"
    - depress

Derived forms: lowerings

See also: cloudy, loweringly

Type of: alter, change, decrease, devalue, diminution, displace, grimace, lessen, make a face, minify, modify, move, movement, pull a face, reduction, step-down

Antonym: raise

Encyclopedia: Lower Lower, New Jersey