louringloweringadj.

/ˈlaʊərɪŋ/

Etymology: < lour n.¹, lower v. + -ing suffix².

1. Of persons (†occasionally of animals), their looks, etc.: Frowning, scowling; angry-looking, gloomy, sullen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the appearance or face

louring13..

sada1375

frowningc1386

fluishc1460

Lentena1500

glumming1526

Friday-faced1583

becloudeda1586

gash1589

dark1593

mumping1594

hanging1607

fiddle-facedc1785

murky1830

unsunned1838

thought-ladena1847

unsunny1859

unhappy-looking1863

unhappy-faced1876

boot-faced1958

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling

louring13..

felonc1374

frowningc1386

glumming1526

glum1547

scowling1552

dark1593

frowned1598

black1604

glouting1641

frownful1771

black-browed1792

brow-bent1796

frownya1861

afrown1869

13.. K. Alis. 525 Louryng semblaunt on hire he made.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 256 The lourinde chiere [to-þrauþ] þe wordes of the missiggere.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 163 He lokeþ al louryng and ‘lordein’ hym calleþ.

1423 Kingis Quair clxi And quhilum In hir chiere thus a lyte Louring sche was.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vi. vii. 123 b A lowring loke & a laughyng herte.

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) vi. 37 When ye fast be not lowring lijk hypocrijts.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 62 They call him [sc. a bull]..fierce, valiant, and louring.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 4 To be angry, and..to cast a lowring smile.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Mother Cow must wear a low'ring look.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 425. ¶5 In his Look a louring Roughness.

1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage v. 66 A louring and dark Visage is the Index of Misery.

1819 L. Hunt Indicator 3 Nov. 25 With eyes a little shut and lowering.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 400 The young candidate..was strictly interrogated by a synod of louring Supralapsarians.

1862 J. Grant Capt. of Guard xiv. 101 ‘Foul!’ reiterated the Chancellor, with a louring brow and flashing eyes.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 14 The other..did not take the slightest notice of his friend's lowering looks.

a. transferred. Of the clouds, sky, weather, etc.: Gloomy, dark, threatening. Sometimes figurative of attendant circumstances. Occasionally influenced by association with lowering adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective]

ticklec1325

boastful1382

threatinga1400

menacing?a1439

louringa1450

shoring1513

threatening1530

minatory1532

threatful?1567

minanta1657

minacious1660

menaceful1742

minitant1854

minitabund1890

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > threatening

louringa1450

heavy1582

loury1686

sinister1838

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > specifically of the sky

darkOE

louringa1450

drumlya1522

loury1686

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > specifically of aspect, etc.

louringa1450

ominousa1593

loury1686

to look black1709

squally1814

thundery1824

thunderous1844

a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 20 Ye schall angle as y seyde be for in darke lowryng wedur.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/2 Lowring as the wether is, whan it is disposed to rayne, sombreux.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxviij Iames Butler..seyng fortunes loweryng chaunce..with a great numbre fled away.

1579 Twyne (title) Physicke against Fortune..as well in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 181 Nor neuer write, regreete, nor reconcile This lowring tempest of your home-bred hate.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 3 The skie is red and lowring .

1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 May (1976) IX. 540 And mighty earnest to go, though the day was very lowering.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 51 Our Climate is..perpetually cloudy, low'ring, and uncertain.

1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. II. 36 Virtue gains Loveliness from a louring Providence.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1697 A storm came on, proceeded by a lowering darkness.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 814 So light displays its loveliest effect In lowering skies.

1821–2 W. M. Praed Eve of Battle in Poems (1864) II. 3 A lowering sound of doubt and fear Breaks sudden on the startled ear.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule i. 3 The black peaks were holding converse with the louring clouds.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 474 The calm or louring aspect of foreign affairs.

†b. Of liquor: Turbid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > cloudy or turbid

louring1682

1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 6 Sack that is lumpish or lowring.

†3. Lurking, skulking. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective]

loutinga1325

louring?a1400

lurkingc1540

mitching1576

meechering1615

meeching1616

skulking1639

couchant1642

lurching1661

sliving1661

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1446 We lurkede undyr lee as lowrande wreches!

a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.ij^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) I..Haue led a lowring life in restless paine.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 377 Nor it had bene ane hieland quow, Lurcane and lowring, I wat not how.

Derivatives

ˈlouringly adv. (also ˈloweringly) gloomily, sullenly, threateningly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner

louringly1576

drearily1579

dernly1590

darkly1597

gloomingly1598

dolesomelya1626

discouraginglya1651

mopishly1651

dismally1653

depressivelya1670

surlily1711

dishearteningly1742

funereally1774

cheerlessly1789

unjoyously1812

ghastily1829

ghastlily1829

desolately1831

unjoyfully1831

depressingly1847

lugubriously1848

dispiritingly1882

uncheerfully1890

drearly1891

greyly1898

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adverb]

throlyc1390

threatfully1565

menacingly1591

threateninglya1616

minaciously1660

minatorilya1670

louringly1836

floggingly1840

minatorially1847

sinisterly1847

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adverb] > threateningly

louringly1836

1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. O.ij And now on hir, and then on him, Full lowringly did leare.

1680 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: H. Blount (1898) I. 110 They..looked louringly on him.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxiii. 423 The day broke very loweringly.

1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 5/6 The clouds come loweringly down to meet the mist.

ˈloweringness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > threatening quality

loweringness1530

lour1596

scowl1646

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening quality > specifically of sky, etc.

loweringness1530

lour1596

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 241/1 Lowringnesse of the wether, sombrevseté.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	louring
释义	louringloweringn. /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ Etymology: < lour n.¹, lower v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of lour v., frowning, scowling, sullenness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > assuming or presenting dejected appearance louringa1250 glumminga1450 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling louringa1250 gloominga1400 glumminga1450 gloutingc1460 brow-bending1542 scowling1575 a1250 Owl & Nightingale 423 Grucching and luring him both rade. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 35 There was neuer pees betwene hem, but euer glomyng, louring, and chiding. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. xii. f. xxxiiii Lette it be done withoute sadnes and louryng. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 486 b Neither was Queene Elizabeth ever..afrayd of any her subjectes lowring or browbeating. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 179 There was nothing there [i.e. at the bridal] but Pouting, Louring, and Cloudy Weather. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 180 These lourings of gloomy reflection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2020). louringloweringadj. /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ Etymology: < lour n.¹, lower v. + -ing suffix². 1. Of persons (†occasionally of animals), their looks, etc.: Frowning, scowling; angry-looking, gloomy, sullen. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the appearance or face louring13.. sada1375 frowningc1386 fluishc1460 Lentena1500 glumming1526 Friday-faced1583 becloudeda1586 gash1589 dark1593 mumping1594 hanging1607 fiddle-facedc1785 murky1830 unsunned1838 thought-ladena1847 unsunny1859 unhappy-looking1863 unhappy-faced1876 boot-faced1958 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling louring13.. felonc1374 frowningc1386 glumming1526 glum1547 scowling1552 dark1593 frowned1598 black1604 glouting1641 frownful1771 black-browed1792 brow-bent1796 frownya1861 afrown1869 13.. K. Alis. 525 Louryng semblaunt on hire he made. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 256 The lourinde chiere [to-þrauþ] þe wordes of the missiggere. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 163 He lokeþ al louryng and ‘lordein’ hym calleþ. 1423 Kingis Quair clxi And quhilum In hir chiere thus a lyte Louring sche was. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vi. vii. 123 b A lowring loke & a laughyng herte. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) vi. 37 When ye fast be not lowring lijk hypocrijts. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 62 They call him [sc. a bull]..fierce, valiant, and louring. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 4 To be angry, and..to cast a lowring smile. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Mother Cow must wear a low'ring look. View more context for this quotation 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 425. ¶5 In his Look a louring Roughness. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage v. 66 A louring and dark Visage is the Index of Misery. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator 3 Nov. 25 With eyes a little shut and lowering. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 400 The young candidate..was strictly interrogated by a synod of louring Supralapsarians. 1862 J. Grant Capt. of Guard xiv. 101 ‘Foul!’ reiterated the Chancellor, with a louring brow and flashing eyes. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 14 The other..did not take the slightest notice of his friend's lowering looks. 2. a. transferred. Of the clouds, sky, weather, etc.: Gloomy, dark, threatening. Sometimes figurative of attendant circumstances. Occasionally influenced by association with lowering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] ticklec1325 boastful1382 threatinga1400 menacing?a1439 louringa1450 shoring1513 threatening1530 minatory1532 threatful?1567 minanta1657 minacious1660 menaceful1742 minitant1854 minitabund1890 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > threatening louringa1450 heavy1582 loury1686 sinister1838 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > specifically of the sky darkOE louringa1450 drumlya1522 loury1686 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > specifically of aspect, etc. louringa1450 ominousa1593 loury1686 to look black1709 squally1814 thundery1824 thunderous1844 a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 20 Ye schall angle as y seyde be for in darke lowryng wedur. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/2 Lowring as the wether is, whan it is disposed to rayne, sombreux. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxviij Iames Butler..seyng fortunes loweryng chaunce..with a great numbre fled away. 1579 Twyne (title) Physicke against Fortune..as well in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 181 Nor neuer write, regreete, nor reconcile This lowring tempest of your home-bred hate. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 3 The skie is red and lowring . View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 May (1976) IX. 540 And mighty earnest to go, though the day was very lowering. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 51 Our Climate is..perpetually cloudy, low'ring, and uncertain. 1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. II. 36 Virtue gains Loveliness from a louring Providence. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1697 A storm came on, proceeded by a lowering darkness. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 814 So light displays its loveliest effect In lowering skies. 1821–2 W. M. Praed Eve of Battle in Poems (1864) II. 3 A lowering sound of doubt and fear Breaks sudden on the startled ear. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule i. 3 The black peaks were holding converse with the louring clouds. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 474 The calm or louring aspect of foreign affairs. †b. Of liquor: Turbid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > cloudy or turbid louring1682 1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 6 Sack that is lumpish or lowring. †3. Lurking, skulking. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective] loutinga1325 louring?a1400 lurkingc1540 mitching1576 meechering1615 meeching1616 skulking1639 couchant1642 lurching1661 sliving1661 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1446 We lurkede undyr lee as lowrande wreches! a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.ij^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) I..Haue led a lowring life in restless paine. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 377 Nor it had bene ane hieland quow, Lurcane and lowring, I wat not how. Derivatives ˈlouringly adv. (also ˈloweringly) gloomily, sullenly, threateningly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner louringly1576 drearily1579 dernly1590 darkly1597 gloomingly1598 dolesomelya1626 discouraginglya1651 mopishly1651 dismally1653 depressivelya1670 surlily1711 dishearteningly1742 funereally1774 cheerlessly1789 unjoyously1812 ghastily1829 ghastlily1829 desolately1831 unjoyfully1831 depressingly1847 lugubriously1848 dispiritingly1882 uncheerfully1890 drearly1891 greyly1898 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adverb] throlyc1390 threatfully1565 menacingly1591 threateninglya1616 minaciously1660 minatorilya1670 louringly1836 floggingly1840 minatorially1847 sinisterly1847 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adverb] > threateningly louringly1836 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. O.ij And now on hir, and then on him, Full lowringly did leare. 1680 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: H. Blount (1898) I. 110 They..looked louringly on him. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxiii. 423 The day broke very loweringly. 1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 5/6 The clouds come loweringly down to meet the mist. ˈloweringness n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > threatening quality loweringness1530 lour1596 scowl1646 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening quality > specifically of sky, etc. loweringness1530 lour1596 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 241/1 Lowringnesse of the wether, sombrevseté. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1250adj.13..
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louringloweringn.

louringloweringadj.

Derivatives