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lower - verb

  1. To wrinkle one's brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: frown, glower, scowl. See express.
  2. To stare fixedly and angrily: glare, glower, scowl. See express. see.
  3. To be imminent: brew, hang over, impend, loom, menace, overhang, threaten. See near.

lower - noun

  1. The act of wrinkling the brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: black look, frown, glower, scowl. See express.
  2. A fixed angry stare: glare, glower, scowl. See express. see.
lower

lower - adjective

  1. Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, low, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. Informal smalltime. See over.

lower - verb

  1. To cause to descend: depress, drop, let down, take down. See rise.
  2. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase.
  3. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, mark down, reduce, write down. See increase. money.
  4. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior: descend, sink, stoop. See rise.
low

low - adjective

  1. Cut to reveal the wearer's neck, chest, and back: décolleté, low-cut, low-neck, low-necked, plunging. See high.
  2. Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. Informal smalltime. See over.
  3. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good.
  4. Having or proceeding from low moral standards: base, ignoble, low-down, mean, sordid, squalid, vile. See right.
  5. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. See happy.
  6. Low in price: cheap, inexpensive, low-cost, low-priced. See money. value.
  7. Being a sound produced by a relatively small frequency of vibrations: alto, bass, contralto, deep, low-pitched. See sounds.
  8. Not irritating, strident, or loud: hushed, low-key, low-keyed, quiet, small, soft, subdued, whispery. See sounds.
  9. Tending or intending to belittle: deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, pejorative, slighting, uncomplimentary. See praise.
  10. Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems: ailing, indisposed, mean, off-color, rocky, sickly. See health.

low - noun

  1. A very low level, position, or degree: bottom, rock bottom. See high.