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lour

[ louuhr, lou-er ]
/ laʊər, ˈlaʊ ər /
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noun, verb (used without object), lour·ed, lour·ing.
a variant of lower2.
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Words related to lour

glare, glower, grimace, disapprove, gloom, lower, look daggers at, make a face

How to use lour in a sentence

  • When the first days of August loured over the world, time seemed to stand still.

    Drum Taps|Walt Whitman

British Dictionary definitions for lour

lour

lower

/ (laʊə) /
verb
a variant spelling of lower 2

Derived forms of lour

louring or lowering, adjectivelouringly or loweringly, adverb
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