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
  • During his first term, the former president attacked Bezos over negative coverage in the Washington Post, which Bezos owns.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Each of them allows your mind to move into a more neutral mindset, taking it away from all the stressors and negative thoughts of the day.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of negative
Adjective
  • But the backdrops are rendered with an oppressive prettiness that has a perverse cheapening effect.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The total absence of shadow is an oppressive sensation, which engenders a feeling similar to that of claustrophobia.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • New Snow White preview says heigh-ho to Gal Gadot's spooky Evil Queen transformation and menacing Magic Mirror She also shared what the health scare taught her.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Bill Skarsgård is absolutely marvelous in the role, his breath ragged, his thick Romanian accent at once menacing and more than a little preposterous.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of menacing
Adjective
  • Consider, say, a deal that attached Green to two seconds for an upgrade at backup center or backup point guard, or to get one more threatening shooter in the mix.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In this scenario, Kharkiv will be the beneficiary, not the sad victim, of its location just miles from a threatening and powerful adversary.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of threatening
Adjective
  • The Canucks are one winning streak with a healthy lineup away from healing all wounds, but for now, things feel grim.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • And there was more grim news, this time from Shana’s client: Her home had burned down.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of grim
Adjective
  • Just because the weather is cold and drab doesn’t mean our hair has to be.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In a massive, drab studio complex, the cast and crew of Maximum Studios’ Tecto navigate the quotidian chaos of franchise filmmaking.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of drab
Adjective
  • Of the nearly 6 in 10 concerned about starting their careers, most (63%) cite stiff competition for jobs as their reason for their dour outlook.
    Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Sauer’s optimism seems almost to be intended as a rebuke to the dour ideal of intellectual seriousness that runs from such canonical thinkers as Arthur Schopenhauer in the nineteenth century to Theodor Adorno in the twentieth.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • For optimal baking, open the containers to check their aroma and if the smell is dull throw it away.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Announcer Kevin Frazier, who missed no chance to remind you that this was Hollywood’s biggest party — as opposed, by implication, to the Oscars and Emmys, chained to their dull academies — chimed in with factoids about presenters and winners, like a wedding DJ working the crowd.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of dull
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lowery

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