Unscramble lowers

Definition of lower

adjective:

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices", "the reservoir is low". Synonyms: low. Antonyms: high.
• literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings", "low clouds", "low hills", "the sun is low", "low furniture", "a low bow". Synonyms: low. Antonyms: high.
• very low in volume; "a low murmur", "the low-toned murmur of the surf". Synonyms: low, low-toned.
• unrefined in character; "low comedy". Synonyms: low.
• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. Synonyms: low, low-pitched. Antonyms: high.
• of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice", "a low stunt to pull", "a low-down sneak", "his miserable treatment of his family", "You miserable skunk!", "a scummy rabble", "a scurvy trick". Synonyms: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy.
• low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage", "a lowly parish priest", "a modest man of the people", "small beginnings". Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, modest, small.
• no longer sufficient; "supplies are low", "our funds are depleted". Synonyms: depleted, low.
• subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low", "a broken man", "his broken spirit". Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low.
• filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face", "gloomy predictions", "a gloomy silence", "took a grim view of the economy", "the darkening mood", "lonely and blue in a strange city", "depressed by the loss of his job", "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted". Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.

noun:

• the lower of two berths. Synonyms: lower berth.

verb:

• move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf". Synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, take down. Antonyms: raise.
• set lower; "lower a rating", "lower expectations". Synonyms: lour.
• make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio". Synonyms: lour, turn down.
• cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir". Synonyms: depress.
• look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval. Synonyms: frown, glower, lour.

Related words

depress, derate, dip, incline, reef, scowl, subdue, subordinate.

Words nearby

blower, bower, cower, dower, flower, glower, loner, loser, lover, mower, plower, power, rower, slower, sower, tower, vower.

Rhymes with

blower, goer, grower, knower, mower, rower, slower, sower, thrower.