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loweredadjective directed downshe wouldn't look at me, preferring instead to just sit there with lowered eyes bowed, down, downcast, downward elevated, lifted, raised, uplifted, upward loweredverb1past tense of lowerto cause to fall intentionally or unintentionallyworkmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place depressed, dropped, threw, threw down flattened, floored, leveled(or levelled)knocked down, knocked over, struck down, toppledplopped, plunked down(or plonked down)bobbled, bungled, foozled, fumbledimmersed, sank(or sunk), submerged lifted, picked up, raised to go to a lower level especially abruptlyprices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased crashed, cratered, declined, descended, dipped, dived(or dove), dropped, fell, nose-dived, plummeted, plunged, sank(or sunk), skidded, tumbled abated, decreased, de-escalated, died (down), diminished, drooped, dwindled, ebbed, lessened, let up, moderated, subsided, tapered off, wanedreceded, retreated arose, ascended, lifted, mounted, rose, soared, spiked, upped accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mushroomed, picked up, snowballed, swelled, waxed to make smaller in amount, volume, or extentdecided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable abated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, diminished, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, reduced compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedabbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittleddeflated, shrank(or shrunk)minimizedmoderated, modified, modulated, qualified aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelledelongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protractedadded (to), complemented, supplementedenhanced, heightened, intensifiedredoubled to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance abated, declined, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), diminished, drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, ebbed, fell, fell away, lessened, let up, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down)also racheted (down), receded, relented, remitted, shrank(or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedevaporated, faded (away), frittered (away), gave out, melted (away), petered (out), tailed (off), vanishedslackened, slowed (down)alleviated, relaxedflagged, sank(or sunk), weakenedcaved (in), collapsed, deflated accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed appeared, emerged, showed upblew up, distended, elongated, lengthened to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyeshow could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own? abased, chastened, cheapened, debased, degraded, demeaned, discredited, disgraced, dishonored, fouled, humbled, humiliated, sank(or sunk), shamed, smirched, took down abashed, confounded, confused, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattledbelittled, castigated, cried down, criticized, decried, depreciated, detracted, diminished, discounted, disparaged, minimized, put down, ridiculed, wrote offbad-mouthed, defamed, defiled, libeled(or libelled), maligned, slanderedaffronted, insultedcensured, condemned, damned, denounced, execrated, reprehended, reprobated aggrandized, canonized, deified, elevated, exalted acclaimed, applauded, boasted, celebrated, cheered, cited, commended, complimented, congratulated, decorated, eulogized, extolled, feted(or fêted), hailed, honored, lauded, praised, saluted, toutedacknowledged, recognizedhighlighted, played up, spotlighted(or spotlit)dignified, ennobled, enshrined, enskied, enthroned, glorified, magnifiedadvanced, boosted, lifted, promoted, raised, upgraded, upliftedidealized, romanticized to diminish the price or value ofover time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power attenuated, broke, cheapened, depreciated, depressed, devaluated, devalued, downgraded, marked down, reduced, sank(or sunk), wrote down, wrote off debased, demonetizedunderestimated, underpriced, underrated, undervaluedabridged, compressed, contracted, de-escalated, deflated, downsized, dwindled, lessened, moderated, shrank(or shrunk) appreciated, enhanced, marked up, upgraded blew up, bloated, inflatedoverestimated, overpriced, overrated, overvaluedadded, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, ballooned, boosted, compounded, dilated, enlarged, escalated, expanded, extended, heightened, increased, maximized, multiplied, raised, swelled, upped loweredverb2also louredpast tense of lowerto take on a gloomy or forbidding lookthe sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm darkened, gloomed, glowered frowned, scowledglared, staredbrooded, moped, petted, pouted, sulkedangered, bristled, fumed, raged, steamed, stormedintimidated, menaced, threatened brightened, cheered (up), lightened, perked (up) to look with anger or disapprovalthe motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her frowned, glared, gloomed, glowered, scowled gaped, gazed, ogled, staredgrimaced, pouted, sulkedgrowled, snarled, sneered, sniggered looked daggers(or stared daggers) beamed, grinned, smiled |