lowery

adjective

variants also loury
Definition of lowerynext
as in lowering

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  1. negative
  2. oppressive
  3. menacing
  4. threatening
  5. grim
  6. drab
  7. dour
  8. dull
Adjective
  • Solomon has also previously drawn negative press over his hobby of DJing.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Harming any of these beings results in negative karma, which further traps souls in samsara.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of negative
Adjective
  • Central Connecticut State University President Zulma Toro resigned Wednesday following an investigation into a complaint alleging the workplace culture under her leadership was oppressive, bullying and intimidating.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In its opening episodes, the series carefully distinguishes Lizzie from her male killer counterparts while highlighting the oppressive conditions women faced in the era.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • Similarly, the interplay enacted in the exhibition between Jafa’s and Prince’s work forces us as visitors to actively participate in a practice of juxtapositional thinking ourselves, producing a momentum that is at once menacing and enlivening.
    — Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Harassed all day by Minnesota's menacing pass rush, Baker Mayfield fled the pocket again — this time scrambling and weaving more 20 yards backward before launching a desperation heave that was intercepted.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of menacing
Adjective
  • The four shipboard personnel also were receiving medical care, including one who was transported to a hospital in the Norfolk, Virginia, area for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Seaver was terminated from his position as Parton’s longtime head of security and accused of making threatening, extortionary comments toward her business associates.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of threatening
Adjective
  • But the new numbers still cast a grim shadow on the Democrats.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But make no mistake, things are grim behind the scenes; this whole situation weighs heavily on both of them.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of grim
Adjective
  • This drab palette, however, is offset by bright pops of green through the glow-in-the-dark tendril overlays and the heel’s Adiprene and Torsion elements.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Some shades were too bright pink, while others were too drab.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of drab
Adjective
  • Bonds have therefore long been considered the most boring bit of finance, the dour, dependable sibling to the racier, more glamorous stock market.
    — Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In traditional blinds, dour sommeliers in waistcoats sniff out the differences between cuvées grown a few miles apart in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Iñárritu seems to think this visual alone is funny, but that would require getting past the persistently dull and witless writing.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of dull
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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