louring adjective. ['laʊǝrɪŋ] Also lowering. LME.
[from LOUR verb + -ING².]
1. Frowning, scowling; angry-looking, gloomy, sullen. LME.
■ D. H. Lawrence His boisterous humour gave way to lowering silences.

2. Of the clouds, sky, weather, circumstances, etc.: gloomy, dark, threatening. LME.
■ G. Santayana Rather autumnal with lowering clouds and rain. Daily Telegraph The louring threat of nuclear warfare.

3. Lurking, skulking. LME-L16.

■ louringly adverb L16.

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