lowery

adjective

variants also loury
Definition of lowerynext
as in lowering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowery
  1. negative
  2. oppressive
  3. menacing
  4. threatening
  5. grim
  6. drab
  7. dour
  8. dull
Adjective
  • Kimberly Clausing, a former Treasury Department official in the Biden administration and a UCLA professor of tax law, said the GOP will probably overestimate the revenue from tariffs and ignore the negative economic impact of the duties.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Rubber Leaf had a negative working capital of $12,730,616 as of September 30, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of negative
Adjective
  • The concrete there takes, to me, a much more miserable, oppressive tone.
    Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Boyer is seven years his junior, and Sell struggles to return Boyer’s oppressive flat serve, winning only the first game of the second set.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • Herbert was sacked six times in the first half, including three by the Browns’ menacing Myles Garrett.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The menacing slugger Giancarlo Stanton was retired on a single pitch.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of menacing
Adjective
  • Clay and Sissel are both charged with making threatening communications.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The drug’s public image was less threatening — smoking pot was played for laughs in movies and TV shows — but the reality of its criminalization was much darker.
    Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of threatening
Adjective
  • Nevertheless, many in Ukraine have displayed a determined — if perhaps grim — realpolitik at the man holding the purse strings of their military rearguard action.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the grim visuals, hope seems always to be on Weems’s mind.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of grim
Adjective
  • But the truth sinks in when Sofia visits her cousin Gia at her drab, unwelcoming children’s home.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Olive drab, a hue known to army brats (not to be confused with Charli’s brats), expanded the palette.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of drab
Adjective
  • The combo looks smart and professional, but the colors are a little on the dour side, at least by Kornacki standards.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • For as bleak as some of the material reads as poetry, however, the performances never felt dour.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • Wella Color Fresh Mask in Rose Blaze and Overtone Rose Gold for Brown Hair Coloring Conditioner are both rosy pink shades designed to be used over brown hair and can be easily swapped out for your regular conditioner when your color starts looking dull.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Browsing through the options online, she was disappointed by how dull and samey everything was.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of dull
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lowers

lowery

lowest

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