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(verb) set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" |
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Synonyms: lour |
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Related Words: derate, devalue |
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(verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" |
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Synonyms: depress |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) move something or somebody to a lower position |
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Synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, take down |
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Related Words: depress, dip, displace, move, reef |
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Antonyms: raise |
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(satellite adjective) the bottom one of two |
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(verb) make lower or quieter;"turn down the volume of a radio" |
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Synonyms: lour, turn down |
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Related Words: decrease, lessen, minify |
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(satellite adjective) (usually preceded by `no)' lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself" |
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Synonyms: less |
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(noun) the lower of two berths |
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Synonyms: lower berth |
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Related Words: berth, built in bed, bunk |
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(verb) wrinkle one's forehead in a sign of disapproval |
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Synonyms: frown, glower |
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Related Words: grimace, scowl |
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(satellite adjective) of the underworld; "nether regions" |
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Synonyms: chthonian, chthonic, nether |
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(satellite adjective) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" |
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Synonyms: inferior, junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate |
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