| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let down; fall |
Synonyms: |
bring low, cast down, couch, demit, depress, descend, detrude, droop, drop, ground, let down, make lower, push down, reduce, set down, sink, submerge, take down |
Antonyms: |
elevate, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce, minimize |
Synonyms: |
abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, de-escalate, decrease, decry, deflate, demote, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, mark down, moderate, pare, prune, roll back, scale down, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off |
Antonyms: |
elevate, heighten, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
Synonyms: |
abase, bemean, cast down, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop |
Antonyms: |
compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | lowering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | threatening |
Synonyms: |
gloomy, heavy, menacing, ominous, overcast, overhanging |
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
Synonyms: |
belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
Antonyms: |
cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | belittle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detract |
Synonyms: |
bad-mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size, cut to the quick, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, pooh pooh, poor mouth, put down, rip*, roast, run down, scoff at, scorch*, scorn, shoot down, shoot full of holes, slam*, smear, sneer at, sour grapes, squash, squelch, take a swipe at, take down, take down a peg, tear down, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off |
Antonyms: |
build up, exaggerate, praise, value |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
Synonyms: |
KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
Antonyms: |
aid, encourage, help, raise |
| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
Synonyms: |
abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce, render worthless, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off |
Antonyms: |
appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short |
Synonyms: |
bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
lengthen |
| Main Entry: | cloudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazy; darkened |
Synonyms: |
blurred, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, somber, sullen, sunless, vaporous |
| Notes: | to the National Weather Service, partly cloudy (what we think of as partly sunny) is 3/8-5/8 cloud cover, mostly cloudy is 6/8-7/8 cloud cover, and cloudy is 8/8 |
Antonyms: |
clear, cloudless |