DOWNING Synonyms

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• on or toward a surface regarded as a base

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

• turn blue

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

• destroy completely

• ruin or destroy

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• to consume

• enjoy avidly

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• eat greedily

• marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• adjust finely

• make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

• being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a low level or position or degree

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• in a low position; near the ground

• very low in volume

• unrefined in character

• of the most contemptible kind

• low or inferior in station or quality

• no longer sufficient

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• understood perfectly

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

• arrange in stacks

• press tightly together or cram

• place or lay as if in a pile

• of or relating to Poland or its people or culture

• the property of being smooth and shiny

• the Slavic language of Poland

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• a preparation used in polishing

• make (a surface) shine

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state