lowery

adjective

variants also loury
Definition of lowerynext
as in lowering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowery
  1. negative
  2. oppressive
  3. menacing
  4. threatening
  5. grim
  6. drab
  7. dour
  8. dull
Adjective
  • Becerra may also be sympathetic to environmental justice communities — poorer neighborhoods, often of color — that have experienced disproportionately negative effects from extraction industries such as oil drilling and mining.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Hyperscaler stocks, though, soared, with traders betting they will be forced to rein in the rapid spending that has pushed their free cash flow to negative territory.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of negative
Adjective
  • Returning home with the glittering medal draped on his neck, Cassius is lauded but also thrust right back into the oppressive, segregated and deeply racist Louisville.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Where individual agency is always primary, the customer is always right and authority is generally considered oppressive.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • His familiar cast of angry, sometimes menacing children began to give way to quieter, more introspective figures.
    — Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rescue efforts were interrupted Tuesday by menacing Russian drones, forcing soldiers to halt recovery operations and open fire to try to bring them down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of menacing
Adjective
  • Two people were shot and a third injured while trying to escape a shooting Thursday at Des Moines’ main post office; none of the injuries were believed life-threatening.
    — Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • All three injured – two women and a man – were being treated at a hospital, and all injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, Parizek said.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of threatening
Adjective
  • The mood was grim at the Manama Dialogue, an annual security summit in Bahrain organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The motto of the franchise is ‘In the grim darkness of the far future, there is nothing but war,’ which could tap into his darker sensibilities, but Flanagan wasn’t giving much away when Deadline probed for an update.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of grim
Adjective
  • Also, our year-round birds — cardinals, blue jays, titmice, Carolina chickadees, bluebirds, mockingbirds, Carolina wrens, woodpeckers and others — will be around all winter and add color and cheer on drab, chilly days.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For viewers of a certain age, Morley’s film reflects exactly what that would mean for a young girl in the doldrum suburbs at a time when James Callaghan was the country’s drab center-right Labour prime minister and unemployment was over 5%.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of drab
Adjective
  • Forced to stand trial in 11 months’ time, Magda is sent not to the dungeon but to a remote northern city, where she will be closely observed by the dour Lord Proctor of Cair Gramora.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For now, the AI anxiety appears confined to credit investors, by nature a more dour and pessimistic bunch than stockholders.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • Just like many of his neighbors, the sound of the Delciello’s bell sent Carmody scrambling to round up tools and knives that needed their dull blades refreshed.
    — Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Spend your peak time on low-value work, and your axe will be dull for everything that counts.
    — Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of dull
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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