lowery

variants also loury
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowery
Adjective
  • The country and democracy Voters broadly express more negative than positive views about the country's direction: Just 26% are enthusiastic or satisfied with the way things are going, versus 72% dissatisfied or angry.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In 2023, more than one-third of hospitals in the United States had negative operating margins, while the top-earning hospitals had margins above 30%.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The concrete there takes, to me, a much more miserable, oppressive tone.
    Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Boyer is seven years his junior, and Sell struggles to return Boyer’s oppressive flat serve, winning only the first game of the second set.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • For years, Maggie has been plagued with strange dreams about a little girl, a menacing man, and a swirling blue vortex of smoke and fire.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Alberto Mota, 42, took a plea deal in August, pleading guilty to vehicular assault, two counts of felony menacing, child abuse and four counts of reckless endangerment, according to court records.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Clay and Sissel are both charged with making threatening communications.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The statement did not specify what the threatening graffiti said.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • And besides fears about unsafe living conditions due to mold in homes, the 12-foot-long pile of debris outside his home is a grim reminder of the last five weeks.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This meticulous preparation paid off, particularly during one of the film’s most harrowing sequences — when the broadcast team receives false information that the hostages have survived, only to later learn the grim truth.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In June 2022, downtown Concord became a more colorful place when six murals brought drab buildings to life with bright depictions of wild birds, indigenous culture and futuristic landscapes, each as unique as the artist who created it.
    Lisa Wrenn, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Hahn is never funnier than when Agatha is trying to summon some of her own swagger while forced to wear Agnes’s drab clothes—a cobra stuck in the mundane form of a hamster.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Minahan liked the fact that the book had an optimistic tone, instead of telling a dour and relentlessly tragic story.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Buffett saw in 2016 that the outlook on Apple was far too dour, and made one of the great wagers of his career.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The trick to not having this look appear flat and dull is to allow some natural dimension to peek through.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Dish soap strips away the protective wax and can actually dull or damage the paint over time, leaving it more vulnerable to scratches and fading.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near lowery

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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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