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towering
tow·er·ing T0292700 (tou′ər-ĭng)adj.1. Of imposing height.2. Outstanding; preeminent: a towering intellect.3. Very great or intense: a towering rage.
tow′er·ing·ly adv.towering (ˈtaʊərɪŋ) adj1. very tall; lofty2. outstanding, as in importance or stature3. (prenominal) very intense: a towering rage. ˈtoweringly advtow•er•ing (ˈtaʊ ər ɪŋ)
adj. 1. very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak. 2. surpassing others; very great. 3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage. 4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive. [1400–50] tow′er•ing•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | towering - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"eminent, lofty, soaringhigh - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high" |
toweringadjective1. tall, high, great, soaring, elevated, gigantic, lofty, colossal towering cliffs of black granite2. impressive, imposing, supreme, striking, extraordinary, outstanding, magnificent, superior, paramount, surpassing, sublime, stellar (informal), prodigious, transcendent a towering figure in British politics3. intense, violent, extreme, excessive, burning, passionate, mighty, fiery, vehement, inordinate, intemperate, immoderate I saw her in a towering rage only once.toweringadjective1. Imposingly high:aerial, airy, lofty, sky-high, soaring.2. Far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary:exceptional, extraordinary, magnificent, outstanding, preeminent, rare, remarkable, singular, uncommon, unusual.Informal: standout.Slang: awesome, out of sight.3. Awesomely or forbiddingly intense:overpowering, overwhelming, staggering.Translationstower (ˈtauə) noun a tall, narrow (part of a) building, especially (of) a castle. the Tower of London; a church-tower. 塔 塔 verb to rise high. She is so small that he towers above her. 高出 高出ˈtowering adjective1. very high. towering cliffs. 高聳的 高耸的2. (of rage, fury etc) very violent or angry. He was in a towering rage. 盛怒 盛怒ˈtower-block noun a very high block of flats, offices etc. They live in a tower-block. 高樓 高楼towering
tower over (someone or something)To be much taller than someone or something else. They're almost comical together because he towers over her so much. The mighty new skyscraper towers over the city.See also: over, towertower above (someone or something)To be much taller than someone or something else. They're almost comical together because he towers above her so much. The mighty new skyscraper towers above the city.See also: above, towertowering rage, in aExtremely angry. Towering has been used in the sense of rising to a pitch of violence or intensity since Shakespeare’s time. Shakespeare wrote, “The brauery of his griefe did put me into a towring passion” (Hamlet, 5.2). The precise modern locution appeared in William Black’s Green Pastures and Piccadilly (1877), “He came down in a towering rage.” It may now be obsolescent.See also: toweringtowering
towering[′tau̇·ə·riŋ] (meteorology) A refraction phenomenon; a special case of looming in which the downward curvature of the light rays due to atmospheric refraction increases with elevation so that the visual image of a distant object appears to be stretched in the vertical direction. See TWRG
See TWRGtowering
Synonyms for toweringadj tallSynonyms- tall
- high
- great
- soaring
- elevated
- gigantic
- lofty
- colossal
adj impressiveSynonyms- impressive
- imposing
- supreme
- striking
- extraordinary
- outstanding
- magnificent
- superior
- paramount
- surpassing
- sublime
- stellar
- prodigious
- transcendent
adj intenseSynonyms- intense
- violent
- extreme
- excessive
- burning
- passionate
- mighty
- fiery
- vehement
- inordinate
- intemperate
- immoderate
Synonyms for toweringadj imposingly highSynonyms- aerial
- airy
- lofty
- sky-high
- soaring
adj far beyond what is usual, normal, or customarySynonyms- exceptional
- extraordinary
- magnificent
- outstanding
- preeminent
- rare
- remarkable
- singular
- uncommon
- unusual
- standout
- awesome
- out of sight
adj awesomely or forbiddingly intenseSynonyms- overpowering
- overwhelming
- staggering
Synonyms for toweringadj of imposing heightSynonymsRelated Words |