louringloweringn.
/ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ The action of lour v., frowning, scowling, sullenness.
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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.
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louringloweringadj.
/ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ 1. Of persons (†occasionally of animals), their looks, etc.: Frowning, scowling; angry-looking, gloomy, sullen.
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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. † b. Of liquor: Turbid. Obsolete.
a. transferred. Of the clouds, sky, weather, etc.: Gloomy, dark, threatening. Sometimes figurative of attendant circumstances. Occasionally influenced by association with lowering adj.
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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.
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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.
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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.ijv, 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.
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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.
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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.
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