louring, lowering
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lowering — loweringly, adv. /low euhr ing, loweur ing/, adj. 1. dark and threatening, as the sky, clouds, or weather; overcast; gloomy: lowering skies. 2. frowning or sullen, as the face or gaze; scowling; angry. Also, louring. [1300 50; ME louring. See… … Universalium
louring — /loweur ing, low euhr /, adj. lowering. * * * … Universalium
louring — adj. lowering, act of making lower; diminishing, decreasingv. be overcast, be dark and threatening (sky, etc.); frown, scowl; make lower; become lower or less … English contemporary dictionary
lowering — adj 1. overcast, cloudy, clouded over, overclouded; gloomy, dismal, dreary, bleak, tenebrous, murky, Archaic. caliginous; shadowy, dim, gray, dusky, darkish, dark, pitch dark, black, pitch black, Literary. darkling; ominous, menacing, minatory,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
menacing — [adj] intimidating, ominous alarming, approaching, dangerous, frightening, imminent, impending, intimidatory, looming, louring, lowering, minacious, minatory, overhanging, threatening; concepts 401,537,548 Ant. aiding, assisting, helping,… … New thesaurus
low´er|ing|ly — low|er|ing «LOW uhr ihng», adjective. 1. dark and threatening; gloomy: »a gloomy and lowering day (Francis Parkman). 2. frowning; scowling; angry looking. Also, louring. –low´er|ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
low|er|ing — «LOW uhr ihng», adjective. 1. dark and threatening; gloomy: »a gloomy and lowering day (Francis Parkman). 2. frowning; scowling; angry looking. Also, louring. –low´er|ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
