Dark, gloomy, and threatening, usually describing a cloudy sky that looks like it might rain soon.
From Middle English 'louren' meaning 'to look angry or threatening.' The word likely comes from Scandinavian roots and originally described a person's angry expression before applying to weather.
Old weather forecasters used 'lowery' skies to predict rain—they were reading cloud psychology centuries before modern meteorology existed!
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