Synonyms for lowering
ˈlaʊ ər ɪŋ, ˈlaʊər ɪŋlow·er·ing

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1. lowering

   Synonyms:
   dark, threatening, gloomy, murky, lurid, overcast

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1. loweringnoun

   the act of causing to become less

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

2. lowering, letting downadjective

   the act of causing something to move to a lower level

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

3. heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective

   darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

   Synonyms:
   ominous, laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, forbidding, with child(p), sound, dark, wakeless, dense, grueling, dour, heavy(p), threatening, grave, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), baleful, clayey, enceinte, minatory, menacing, grievous, glowering, fleshy, sour, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, saturnine, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, moody, morose, punishing, glum, gravid, big(p), minacious, leaden, sinister

   Antonyms:
   clear

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1. • Decrease

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, clouded, overcast, lurid, murky

2. loweringnoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, diminution, reduction

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   threatening, dark, sullen

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1. List of paraphrases for "lowering":

   reducing, reduction, reduce, decrease, decreasing, decline, diminishing, declining, cutting, lower

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1. White House:

   Instead of bizarrely attacking the President’s family, perhaps House Republicans should focus on working with the President to deliver results for American families on important priorities like lowering costs and strengthening health care.

2. Masatsugu Asakawa:

   It's inevitable for Chinese economy to slow, with its potential growth lowering as a trend, it is unlikely to falter greatly as there's room for authorities' stimulus measures.

3. Chuck Grom:

   I think Amazon was trying to create an impression that they were actively lowering pricing, but they weren’t.

4. Suzan DelBene:

   This legislation will help alleviate this crisis by lowering the price of imported baby formula from safe and trusted partners abroad while our domestic production catches up.

5. Mitchell Stein:

   That is a long way of saying the best thing for consumers is a lowering of the price charged by manufacturers, as long as this is not done in an irresponsible way that impacts the pipeline for future innovation.