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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. lour, glower, scowl; be imminent, impend, approach.—adj. & v. See lowness, dejection.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. reduce, diminish, lessen, scale down, demote, de-escalate, push down, bring low, set down, let down, cast down, ground, depress; see also decrease 1 , 2 , drop 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

v.

1. drop bring down, let down, let fall, depress, descend, submerge, dip, sink.

2. reduce decrease, diminish, lessen, downgrade, depreciate, modify, cut, slash, shorten, soften, abate, relieve.

3. humble degrade, dishonor, shame, humiliate, disgrace, de-base, demean.

ANT.: 1. raise, lift, elevate. 2. increase, boost, add, extend. 3. respect, honor, exalt

II

a.

inferior, under, lesser, secondary, minor, subordinate, junior.

ANT.: higher, superior

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I also lour noun 1. The act of wrinkling the brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: black look, frown, glower, scowl. See EXPRESS. 2. A fixed angry stare: glare, glower, scowl. II verb l. To cause to descend: depress, drop, let down, take down. See RISE. 2. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See INCREASE. 3. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, mark down, reduce, write down. See INCREASE, MONEY. 4. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior: descend, sink, stoop. See RISE.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) also lour verb 1. To wrinkle one's brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: frown, glower, scowl. Idiom: look black. See EXPRESS. 2. To stare fixedly and angrily: glare, glower, scowl. Idiom: look daggers at. See EXPRESS, SEE. 3. To be imminent: brew, hang over, impend, loom, menace, overhang, threaten. See NEAR.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, low, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. Informal: smalltime. See OVER.