[...] Juno took her place: But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.
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Lour
//ˈlaʊə//
Synonyms for "lour" (294 found)
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decreasedecreaseddeductdeependeflatedeflateddegradedejectdelvedemeandemeaningdemotedenouncedeplumedepreciatedepressdetrudedevaluatedigdig out
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dikedimdiminishdiminisheddisadvantageddiscouragedisgradedisheartendispiritdisplumedissipateddivedowndownbeardowngradedraw neardraw nighdraw ondredgedrilldrivedroopdroppeddumpdump onduskearliererodedexcavatefacefallfall in pricefallenflopflop downflumpflump downflushforebodeforewarnforthcomefounderfurrowgathergive wayglaregloamgloomgloominessglowergnarlgo downgougegouge outgrimacegroovegrow darkgrow dimgrowlgrubhang overhaul downhave a premonitionhave a presentimenthover
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Noun(2 words)
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humbleimpendin the shadeindentinferiorinfra digintimidatejew downjuniorknit the browknock downlapselesslessenlesserlet downlie overlong facelook blacklook daggers
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look sullenlook threateningloomlowlower the spiritsloweredloweringlowestlowlymake a lipmake a mouemantlemark downmenacemineminiaturizedminormodestmopemouemownearnethernose-diveoppressordinaryoverhangpareplopplop downplummetplumpplungeportendpoutpreapprehendpress downpull downpush downput downquarryreddenreducereducedretrenchretrenchedroll backsaddensagsapscale downscaled-downscoopscoop outscowlscrabblescrapescratchsecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservilesetset downsettlesettle downshaveshornshortenshortershovelshrunkshrunkensimplifysinksink downslashslouchslumpslump downsmallersnapsnarlsombersombernesssombrousnessspadespitstep downstrip of ranksubsubalternsubjacentsubjectsubmergesubordinatesubservientsubsidesulkswagtake downtake fromthird rankthird stringthreatenthrust downtrenchtrimtrip uptroughtune downtunnelturn downunderunderprivilegedutter threats againstvulgarwarnwatered-downweakenedweigh heavy uponweigh uponwornwry face
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9 translations across 2 languages.
Czech
4 entries- chmuřit se verb (to frown; to look sullen)
- kabonit se verb (to frown; to look sullen)
- kabonit se verb (to be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds)
- mračit se verb (to frown; to look sullen)
Finnish
2 entries- murjottaa verb (to frown; to look sullen)
- uhata verb (to be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech, / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours, / Nor less he smiles, nor more his forehead lours / Than these were wont; [...]
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Their lank black hair hung round their black visages; and the only points of relief in the wild countenance which loured from under their strange head-dresses, were the dark, piercing eyes, and the white teeth.
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Now is the winter of our diſcontent, Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.
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