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lower oneself (verb)

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  • lower oneself — verb debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way I won t stoop to reading other people s mail • Syn: ↑condescend, ↑stoop • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • lower — lower1 adjective comparative of low1. 1》 less high in position, status, or amount.     ↘(often Lower) Geology & Archaeology denoting an older (and hence typically deeper) part of a stratigraphic or archaeological division: the Lower Cretaceous.… …   English new terms dictionary

  • lower — I. /ˈloʊə / (say lohuh) adjective 1. comparative of low1. 2. (often upper case) Geology denoting an earlier division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian. –verb (t) 3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 4. to make… …  

  • lower — 1. adjective 1) the lower house of Parliament Syn: subordinate, inferior, lesser, junior, minor, secondary, lower level, subsidiary, subservient Ant: upper, senior 2) her lower lip …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • lower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lour, glower, scowl; be imminent, impend, approach. adj. & v. See lowness, dejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reduce, diminish, lessen, scale down, demote, de escalate, push down, bring low, set… …   English dictionary for students

  • descend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de + scandere to climb more at scan Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one < descended from the platform …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • deign — verb he ll never deign to return to his father s house Syn: condescend, stoop, lower oneself, demean oneself, humble oneself; consent, vouchsafe; informal come down from one s high horse …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • descend — verb 1) the plane started descending Syn: go down, come down; drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive Ant: ascend, climb 2) she descended the stairs …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • rope down — verb lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside The ascent was easy roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing • Syn:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • condescend — verb 1) don t condescend to your reader Syn: patronize, talk down to, look down one s nose at, look down on, put down 2) he condescended to see us Syn: deign, stoop, descend, lower oneself, demean oneself; …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • sink — verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: submerge, founder, go down, be engulfed, drop, fall, descend 2) they sank their ships Syn: scuttle; Brit. scupper 3) the sun was sinking …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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