'Lowered' definitions:
Definition of 'lowered'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Below the surround or below the normal position; "with lowered eyes" [ant: raised]
Definition of 'Lowered'
From: GCIDE
- Lower \Low"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [From Low, a.]
- 1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag. [1913 Webster]
- Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lowered'
From: GCIDE
- Lower \Low"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.]
- 1. To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. [1913 Webster]
- All the clouds that lowered upon our house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To frown; to look sullen. [1913 Webster]
- But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lowered'
From: GCIDE
- lowered \lowered\ adj. pointed downward; as, with lowered eyes. Opposite of raised. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'lowered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- ablated,
- attenuated,
- bated,
- belittled,
- bowed down,
- brought down,
- brought low,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- curtailed,
- debased,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- depressed,
- diminished,
- dissipated,
- downcast,
- downthrown,
- dropped,
- eroded,
- fallen,
- humbled,
- in the dust,
- less,
- lesser,
- low,
- lower,
- miniaturized,
- prostrate,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- scaled-down,
- set down,
- shorn,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- submerged,
- sunk,
- sunken,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- worn
Words containing 'Lowered'
- Lower,
- Lowering,
- Loweringly,
- Lower Allen,
- Lower Brule,
- Lower Burrell,
- Lower Kalskag,
- Lower Lake,
- Lower Salem,
- Lower Sonoran,
- Lower transit,
- To lower the flag,
- at a lower place,
- lower berth,
- lower bound,
- lower california,
- lower cannon,
- lower carboniferous,
- lower case,
- lower class,
- lower court,
- lower criticism,
- lower deck,
- lower egypt,
- lower house,
- lower jaw,
- lower jawbone,
- lower limit,
- lower mantle,
- lower oneself,
- lower pair,
- lower paleolithic,
- lower peninsula,
- lower pharyngeals,
- lower rank,
- lower saxony,
- lower status,
- lower tunguska,
- on a lower floor,
- to a lower place,
- Lower Allen, PA,
- Lower Brule, SD,
- Lower Burrell, PA,
- Lower Carboniferous period,
- Lower Grand Lagoon,
- Lower Kalskag, AK,
- Lower Lake, CA,
- Lower Salem, OH,
- Lower-case,
- lipid-lowering,
- lower respiratory infection,
- lower respiratory tract,
- lower-class,
- lower-limit,
- lower-normandy,
- lower-ranking,
- Lower Grand Lagoon, FL,
- To lower the yards a-portoise,
- lipid-lowering medication,
- lipid-lowering medicine,
- lower respiratory tract smear,
- lower-case letter,
- lower-middle-class,
- upper-lower-class,
- lower-class low-class,
- lower-class vs middle-class vs upper-class low-class