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
  • The other was secured partly by a stake in a private equity management company, with a negative pledge on the owner’s team stake, meaning the owner agreed not to pledge it to anyone else.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Charlotte de Brabandt has undergone years of cancer treatment and multiple surgeries after she was diagnosed with a rare form of triple negative, stage 3, inflammatory breast cancer in 2022 at the age of 35.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of negative
Adjective
  • The citizens group hoping to reform Connecticut’s oppressive property tax system will release its recommendations Monday, hoping to force candidates for state offices to take positions during the final push toward Election Day.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
  • If Chrissie represents someone who opts into the ruling system, Paul’s character shows that there are choices even within this world’s oppressive parameters.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • The police spokesperson said Perez was taken into custody without incident and charged with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The Melbourne duo taps into trip-hop’s essential strangeness on its latest album, trading the genre’s boilerplate languor for dejected moods, menacing auras, and slippery, all-consuming bass.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of menacing
Adjective
  • Officers found a victim with injuries that were non-life-threatening.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
  • An Indiana man was arrested this summer for allegedly stalking Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and sending her threatening and explicit messages on social media.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 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
  • The Nuggets city edition uniforms this season swap out the franchise’s traditional navy and gold for a drab orange design.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Those come in more fun colorways, including rosette and matcha, in addition to the drab but functional graphite of the Tablet 12 Pro.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of drab
Adjective
  • 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
  • Locals saw the pitchfork as outdated—four tines would have been more appropriate—and the woman unforgivably dour.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • Like scoops of an ocean unmarred by humans, quarts of seaweed soup sit next to other flavors like spicy beef and pine nut and soybean, a shade of creamy beige so calming, one glance is enough to effectively absolve the color of its dull reputation.
    — Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If your skin's looking a little dull or feeling rough, the best alpha hydroxy acid products might be exactly what your routine is missing.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of dull
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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