Synonyms for lowering
ˈlaʊ ər ɪŋ, ˈlaʊər ɪŋlow·er·ing

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1. lowering

   Synonyms:
   dark, threatening, gloomy, murky, lurid, overcast

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1. loweringnoun

   the act of causing to become less

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

2. lowering, letting downadjective

   the act of causing something to move to a lower level

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

3. heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective

   darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

   Synonyms:
   ominous, laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, forbidding, with child(p), sound, dark, wakeless, dense, grueling, dour, heavy(p), threatening, grave, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), baleful, clayey, enceinte, minatory, menacing, grievous, glowering, fleshy, sour, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, saturnine, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, moody, morose, punishing, glum, gravid, big(p), minacious, leaden, sinister

   Antonyms:
   clear

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1. • Decrease

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, clouded, overcast, lurid, murky

2. loweringnoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, diminution, reduction

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   threatening, dark, sullen

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1. List of paraphrases for "lowering":

   reducing, reduction, reduce, decrease, decreasing, decline, diminishing, declining, cutting, lower

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1. Jeff Turnas:

   Our goal is to compete in the marketplace without lowering the Whole Foods standards.

2. Andy Hamilton:

   They're concerned that this might result in the lowering of the standards in what are currently our male-only occupations, and that would then reflect on either them or on the women who come into those occupations.

3. Keri Gans:

   This is great for lowering cholesterol and maintaining blood sugar control.

4. Serena Zhou:

   Lowering the reverse repo rate by 5 bps would not create a huge real impact, but would restore market confidence.

5. Derek Leroith:

   This trial was designed to include individuals who had diabetic renal disease, and as such, is the first example of a lowering of risk for kidney failures [as] well as improved cardiovascular outcomes, i believe the paper is extremely significant and will have a widely read audience with major implications.