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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.

noun

The lower of two berths. Synonym: lower berth.

Low

adjective

(compar. lower; superl. lowest)

Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount. "The reservoir is low" Antonym: high.

Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension. "Low clouds" , "Low hills" , "The sun is low" , "Low furniture" , "A low bow" Antonym: high.

Very low in volume. Synonym: low-toned. "The low-toned murmur of the surf"

Unrefined in character.

Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. Synonym: low-pitched. Antonym: high.

Of the most contemptible kind. Synonyms: abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy. "A low stunt to pull" , "A low-down sneak" , "His miserable treatment of his family" , "You miserable skunk!" , "A scummy rabble" , "A scurvy trick"

Low or inferior in station or quality. Synonyms: humble, lowly, modest, small. "A lowly parish priest" , "A modest man of the people" , "Small beginnings"

No longer sufficient. Synonym: depleted. "Our funds are depleted"

Subdued or brought low in condition or status. Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated. "A broken man" , "His broken spirit"

10.

Filled with melancholy and despondency. Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited. "Gloomy predictions" , "A gloomy silence" , "Took a grim view of the economy" , "The darkening mood" , "Lonely and blue in a strange city" , "Depressed by the loss of his job" , "A dispirited and resigned expression on her face" , "Downcast after his defeat" , "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"