lowering

Значение (Английский)

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

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Синонимы

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

Переводы

abaissement

baisse

abbassamento

amenazador

verlaging

ribasso

abaissant

κατέβασμα

إغضاؤ

اغضاء

إغضاء

اغضاؤ

اغضائ

انخفاض

خَفْض

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: lahghenn

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: louryng

Родственно нидерландский: 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.