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also loury
as in lowering
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowery
Adjective
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The evidence for this is her (few) actions at the tournament, which are being construed as overwhelmingly negative.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025 -
But if your reflection is limited to replaying the negative parts of your social interactions and perpetuating feelings of shame or self-criticism, that’s less constructive, says Janeé Steele, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in Kalamazoo, Michigan.—
Seraphina Seow,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Collector is also hoping these will satiate the growing wants of his oppressive overlord, The Forger (Roddy Ricch), who has mysterious motives of his own.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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The current war in Sudan involves civil strife and shifting allegiances, in which one oppressive regime was toppled by a coalition, which then turned in on itself, leading to an even more vicious war.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras, wrestling as Ivan Koloff, became synonymous with the menacing Soviet villain.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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According to The Athletic, Donald received threatening emails from Anwar five years ago and has since sent him packages and gifts while stalking him and threatening the life of his 3-year-old son.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The risks and costs of this crisis are a thousand times more threatening to our country than COVID-19.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In April, 2004, Phish played a series of exceptionally grim shows in Las Vegas.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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And then, as if he’s already relived the moment in question and arrived at the same, grim decision, Joel’s expression hardens.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The fact that he was sent off in the 37th minute against Alaves or his drab game against Arsenal might have had something to do with it.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Christmas-tree man Universal Language’s external color palette is purposefully drab, with lots of grays, beiges, and browns reflecting Winnipeg’s brutalist architecture in the film.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His longtime friend Bernie, slight, dour, and prone to terse stabs at gallows humor, was the deal-maker.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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The firm blamed the dour outlook for airline stocks on declining consumer and corporate confidence along with fears about tariffs.—
Kevin Williams,
Quartz,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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