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单词 louring
释义
(adjective) 
a heavy, louring sky
Synonyms
darkening
threatening
a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
forbidding
There was something severe and forbidding about her face.
menacing
His bushy eyebrows gave his face a menacing look.
black
After the demise of her business, she fell into a black depression.
heavy
The night sky was heavy with rain clouds.
dark
It was a dark and stormy night.
grey
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
clouded
gloomy
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
ominous
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
cloudy
It was a cloudy, windy day.
overcast
It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
foreboding
(adjective) 
We walked in fear of his lowering temperament.
Synonyms
glowering
forbidding
grim
Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
frowning
brooding
scowling
sullen
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
surly
He behaves in a surly and rude manner towards me.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of black
Definition
without hope
After the demise of her business, she fell into a black depression.
Synonyms
gloomy,
sad,
depressing,
distressing,
horrible,
grim,
bleak,
hopeless,
dismal,
ominous,
sombre,
morbid,
mournful,
morose,
lugubrious,
joyless,
funereal,
doleful,
cheerless
in the sense of cloudy
Definition
covered with cloud or clouds
It was a cloudy, windy day.
Synonyms
dull,
dark,
dim,
gloomy,
dismal,
sombre,
overcast,
leaden,
nebulous,
sunless,
louring or lowering
in the sense of dark
Definition
having little or no light
It was a dark and stormy night.
Synonyms
dim,
murky,
shady,
shadowy,
grey,
cloudy,
dingy,
overcast,
dusky,
unlit,
pitch-black,
indistinct,
poorly lit,
sunless,
tenebrous,
darksome (literary),
pitchy,
unilluminated

Nearby words of
louring

  • loudmouth
  • lounge
  • lour
  • louring
  • louse
  • lousy
  • lout

Related terms of
louring

  • lower

Synonyms of 'louring'

louring

Additional synonyms

in the sense of forbidding
Definition
severe and threatening in appearance or manner
There was something severe and forbidding about her face.
Synonyms
threatening,
severe,
frightening,
hostile,
grim,
menacing,
sinister,
daunting,
ominous,
unfriendly,
foreboding,
baleful,
bodeful
in the sense of gloomy
Definition
dark or dismal
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
Synonyms
dark,
dull,
dim,
dismal,
black,
grey,
obscure,
murky,
dreary,
sombre,
shadowy,
overcast,
dusky,
crepuscular,
Stygian (literary),
tenebrous
in the sense of grey
Definition
dismal, dark, or gloomy
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
Synonyms
dull,
dark,
dim,
gloomy,
cloudy,
murky,
drab,
misty,
foggy,
overcast,
sunless
in the sense of grim
Definition
stern or resolute
Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
Synonyms
stern,
severe,
harsh,
grave,
solemn,
forbidding,
sullen,
surly,
morose
in the sense of heavy
Definition
cloudy or overcast
The night sky was heavy with rain clouds.
Synonyms
overcast,
dull,
gloomy,
cloudy,
leaden,
hevE,
louring or lowering
in the sense of menacing
His bushy eyebrows gave his face a menacing look.
Synonyms
threatening,
dangerous,
alarming,
frightening,
forbidding,
looming,
intimidating,
ominous,
baleful,
intimidatory,
minatory,
bodeful,
louring or lowering,
minacious
in the sense of ominous
Definition
warning of evil
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
Synonyms
threatening,
menacing,
sinister,
dark,
forbidding,
grim,
fateful,
foreboding,
unpromising,
portentous,
baleful,
inauspicious,
premonitory,
unpropitious,
minatory,
bodeful
in the sense of overcast
Definition
(of the sky or weather) cloudy
It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
Synonyms
cloudy,
grey,
dull,
threatening,
dark,
clouded,
dim,
gloomy,
dismal,
murky,
dreary,
leaden,
clouded over,
sunless,
louring or lowering
in the sense of sullen
Definition
unwilling to talk or be sociable
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
Synonyms
morose,
cross,
moody,
sour,
gloomy,
brooding,
dour,
surly,
glowering,
sulky,
unsociable,
out of humour
in the sense of surly
Definition
bad-tempered and rude
He behaves in a surly and rude manner towards me.
Synonyms
ill-tempered,
cross,
churlish,
crabbed,
perverse,
crusty,
sullen,
gruff,
bearish,
sulky,
morose,
brusque,
testy,
grouchy (informal),
curmudgeonly,
ungracious,
uncivil,
shrewish

Additional synonyms

in the sense of threatening
a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
Synonyms
ominous,
sinister,
forbidding,
grim,
baleful,
inauspicious,
bodeful

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