The act of causing something to move to a lower level
Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen;
Noun
the act of causing something to move to a lower level
Noun
the act of causing to become less
Adjective S.
darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lower
a.
Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds
or sky.
Lowering
Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen;
Usage Examples
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader.
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.