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Lowering

noun

The act of causing to become less.

The act of causing something to move to a lower level. Synonym: letting down.

adjective

Darkened by clouds. Synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening.

Lower

verb

(past & past part. lowered; pres. part. lowering)

Move something or somebody to a lower position. Synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, take down. Antonym: raise.

Set lower. Synonym: lour. "Lower expectations"

Make lower or quieter. Synonyms: lour, turn down.

Cause to drop or sink. Synonym: depress.

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval. Synonyms: frown, glower, lour.

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"Lowering" Quotes from Famous Books

... echoed Mary blankly, staring at her in astonishment. "Aren't you now? Wouldn't you be glad to go back there to spend the rest of your days? I don't mean right now, of course, while Jack and Norman need you so much here, but"—lowering her voice—"I'm just as sure as I can be without having been told officially that Jack is going to marry Betty Lewis as soon as his finances are in better shape. She's such a perfect darling that they'd be happy ever ...

— Mary Ware's Promised Land • Annie Fellows Johnston

... continued, lowering his voice, and leaning towards Mademoiselle Cormon's ear, "that a young man brought up in those detestable lyceums should have ideas? Only sound morals and noble habits will ever produce great ideas and a true love. It is easy to see by a mere look at him ...

— An Old Maid • Honore de Balzac

... feature. If you had found yourself anywhere seated next to that man, your eye would have passed him over as too insignificant to notice; if at a cafe, you would have gone on talking to your friend without lowering your voice. What mattered it whether a bete like that overheard or not? Had you been asked to guess his calling and station, you might have said, minutely observing the freshness of his clothes and the undeniable ...

— The Parisians, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... Joam Garral," answered Torres, lowering his voice, "and when you have heard me out, you will see if you dare refuse me ...

— Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon • Jules Verne

... any alfalfa in your hair," she laughed. Then, lowering her voice discreetly, she added: "Harrison's a brute. I'll tell you about him some time when Ruth ...

— Steve Yeager • William MacLeod Raine

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