different between lowering vs inclining

lowering

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (lurking, louring).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?la??r??/, enPR: ?l??riNG
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la??r??/

Adjective

lowering (comparative more lowering, superlative most lowering)

  1. (of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
    Synonyms: gloomy, threatening
  2. That lowers or frowns.
    Synonyms: frowning, scowling, gloomy, sullen, glowering
  3. Lurking, skulking, menacing.

Noun

lowering (plural lowerings)

  1. Alternative form of louring.
Alternative forms
  • louring
Derived terms

Etymology 2

c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?lo?(?)r??/, enPR: ?l??riNG
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l???r??/

Verb

lowering

  1. present participle of lower

Noun

lowering (plural lowerings)

  1. The act of something being lowered.

Translations

Anagrams

  • roweling

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inclining

English

Verb

inclining

  1. present participle of incline

Noun

inclining (plural inclinings)

  1. inclination
    • 1836, J. R. Miller, The history of Great Britain (page 690)
      The removal of the monarch and his court to the Brazils had tended to make the nobles less loyal in their inclinings []

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