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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How to use lowering in a sentence?

1. Tom Cole:

   I think he is lowering expectations for all concerns.

2. Mitch Landrieu:

   That's about lowering costs and giving people opportunity. The effort was very aggressive. It's happened over the past couple of months. It represents hundreds of millions of dollars in cost saving for American families, and it's because everybody put their shoulder to the wheel. And every one of the federal agencies reached out to all of our folks across the country and worked hard to continue to sign up Americans, so it's a great milestone that we've reached.

3. Andre Bakhos:

   You have central banks lowering rates around the world, while we are talking about raising rates. Our dollar is naturally going to get stronger, therefore, multinationals are going to whacked.

4. Jeff Kingston:

   Given Japan's aging society and the growing budget deficit, there's a need for the young to increase tax payments, lowering the age of adulthood could be a way to convince them that they have a stake and voice in society.

5. Masatsugu Asakawa:

   It's inevitable for Chinese economy to slow, with its potential growth lowering as a trend, it is unlikely to falter greatly as there's room for authorities' stimulus measures.