Stygian vs Lower - What's the difference?
stygian | lower | Related terms |
Dark and gloomy.
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, year=1918
, year_published=2008
, edition=HTML
, editor=
, author=Edgar Rice Burroughs
, title=The Gods of Mars
, chapter=
Infernal or hellish.
(low)
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
(geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
to pull down
To reduce the height of
To depress as to direction
To make less elevated
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To bring down; to humble
(reflexive) (lower oneself ) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
Stygian is a related term of lower.
As adjectives the difference between stygian and lower
is that stygian is of, by or relating to the river styx while lower is (low).As an adverb lower is
.As a verb lower is
to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down or lower can be .stygian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye … }}
Usage notes
* See also (m), which means "of, by or relating to the river Styx".Anagrams
*lower
English
Etymology 1
From (low) +Adjective
(head)Antonyms
* (more low) higher * (bottom) upper * (older) upperAdverb
(head)Verb
(en verb)- lower a bucket into a well
- to lower a sail of a boat
- to lower a flag
- Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love / Down to a silent grave. .
- lower a fence or wall
- lower a chimney or turret
- lower the aim of a gun
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- lower the temperature
- lower one's vitality
- lower distilled liquors
- lower one's pride
- I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
- lower the price of goods
- lower the interest rate
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.