lowering :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (4)

n. [the act of moving or causing to move downward]

n. the act of causing to become less

n. the act of causing something to move to a lower level

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Adjectives (4)

adj. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

Fuzzynyms (7)

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

n. a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

n. the act of reducing complexity

Synonyms (17)

adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

adj. filled or abounding with clouds

adj. resembling a cloud

adj. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"

adj. filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"

adj. clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles"

Antonyms (6)

adj. not made opaque or cloudy by sediment; "the wine was unclouded"

adj. without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"

adj. emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices

adj. falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

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