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lowersnounalso lourspl. of lower a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapprovalhe turned to see the scornful lower on her face faces, frowns, grimaces, moues, mouths, mows, mugs, pouts, scowls, snoots flinches, squinches, wincesgrowls, snarlsrictuses, simpers, smirksscoffs, sneersglares, glowers, looks, stares grins, laughs, smiles to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionallyworkmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place depresses, drops, throws, throws down flattens, floors, levelsknocks down, knocks over, strikes down, topplesplops, plunks downbobbles, bungles, foozles, fumblesimmerses, sinks, submerges lifts, picks up, raises to go to a lower level especially abruptlyprices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased crashes, craters, declines, descends, dips, dives, drops, falls, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumbles abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanesrecedes, retreats arises, ascends, lifts, mounts, rises, soars, spikes, ups accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mushrooms, picks up, snowballs, swells, waxes to make smaller in amount, volume, or extentdecided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable abates, decreases, de-escalates, dents, depletes, diminishes, downscales, downsizes, drops, dwindles, eases, knocks down, lessens, reduces compresses, condenses, constricts, contractsabbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittlesdeflates, shrinksminimizesmoderates, modifies, modulates, qualifies aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, raises blows up, dilates, distends, inflates, swellselongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protractsadds (to), complements, supplementsenhances, heightens, intensifiesredoubles to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance abates, declines, decreases, de-escalates, dies (away or down or out), diminishes, drains (away), drops (off), dwindles, eases, ebbs, falls, falls away, lessens, lets up, moderates, palls, phases down, ratchets (down)also rachets (down), recedes, relents, remits, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes compresses, condenses, constricts, contractsevaporates, fades (away), fritters (away), gives out, melts (away), peters (out), tails (off), vanishesslackens, slows (down)alleviates, relaxesflags, sinks, weakenscaves (in), collapses, deflates accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mounts, mushrooms, picks up, rises, snowballs, soars, swells, waxes appears, emerges, shows upblows up, distends, elongates, lengthens 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? abases, chastens, cheapens, debases, degrades, demeans, discredits, disgraces, dishonors, fouls, humbles, humiliates, shames, sinks, smirches, takes down abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesbelittles, castigates, cries down, criticizes, decries, depreciates, detracts, diminishes, discounts, disparages, minimizes, puts down, ridicules, writes offbad-mouths, defames, defiles, libels, maligns, slandersaffronts, insultscensures, condemns, damns, denounces, execrates, reprehends, reprobates aggrandizes, canonizes, deifies, elevates, exalts acclaims, applauds, boasts, celebrates, cheers, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorates, eulogizes, extols(also extolls), fetes(or fêtes), hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes, toutsacknowledges, recognizeshighlights, plays up, spotlightsdignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, glorifies, magnifiesadvances, boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, upliftsidealizes, romanticizes to diminish the price or value ofover time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power attenuates, breaks, cheapens, depreciates, depresses, devaluates, devalues, downgrades, marks down, reduces, sinks, writes down, writes off debases, demonetizesunderestimates, underprices, underrates, undervaluesabridges, compresses, contracts, de-escalates, deflates, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, moderates, shrinks appreciates, enhances, marks up, upgrades bloats, blows up, inflatesoverestimates, overprices, overrates, overvaluesadds, aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, balloons, boosts, compounds, dilates, enlarges, escalates, expands, extends, heightens, increases, maximizes, multiplies, raises, swells, ups to take on a gloomy or forbidding lookthe sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm darkens, glooms, glowers frowns, scowlsglares, staresbroods, mopes, pets, pouts, sulksangers, bristles, fumes, rages, steams, stormsintimidates, menaces, threatens brightens, cheers (up), lightens, perks (up) to look with anger or disapprovalthe motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her frowns, glares, glooms, glowers, scowls gapes, gazes, ogles, staresgrimaces, pouts, sulksgrowls, snarls, sneers, sniggers looks daggers(or stares daggers) beams, grins, smiles |