lowering

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

present participle and gerund of lower

Noun

The act of something being lowered.

Adj

1. Dark and menacing.
2. That lowers or frowns.
3. Lurking, skulking, menacing.

Noun

Alternative form of louring.

lower

• Adj
• Adv
• Verb
• Noun
• Verb

En savoir plus

Concepts

abaissement

baisse

abaissant

maussade

réduction

renfrogné

sénestre

sinistre

sombre

dégradant

diminution

s’abaisser

se déprécier

baisser

lourd

Synonymes

decrease

sullen

reduction

threatening

fall

overcast

abatement

deterioration

dark

cloudy

☁️

letting down

heavy

ominous

abasement

baleful

descending

drop

descent

sinister

sinking

lessening

angry

😠

menacing

depression

degrading

diminution

dip

direful

disrating

droop

dropping

dull

enumeration

failure

falling

frowning

😦

gloomy

grave

🪦

humbling

humiliation

imminent

impendent

impending

louring

low

minacious

minatory

obscure

prolapse

pulling down

Traductions

abbassamento

verlaging

amenazador

κατέβασμα

ribasso

إغضاؤ

إغضاء

خَفْض

إنقاص

إنزال

اغضاء

اغضاؤ

اغضائ

انخفاض

خفض

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lahghenn

Hérité de moyen anglais: louryng

Appartenant à néerlandais: loerend

In summary

c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.