TOWERING Antonyms

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• 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

• a garment size for short or slender women

• very small

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• the slender part of the back

• a garment size for a small person

• on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• low or inferior in station or quality

• lowercase

• (of a voice) faint

• have fine or very small constituent particles

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

• a small worthless amount

• the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

• short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

• having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

• sit on one's heels

• be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

• occupy (a dwelling) illegally

• to perform the squat weightlifting exercise

• inferior in size or quality

• very small

• a person who is markedly small

• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

• a plant or animal that is atypically small

• make appear small by comparison

• check the growth of