toweringadjective
uk/ˈtaʊə.rɪŋ/us/ˈtaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/literary very high and making people feel respect:
the towering walls of the Acropolis
very great:
a towering figure in the art world
Laurence Olivier's Othello was a towering performance.
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High, tall and deep
- deep
- dwarf
- elevated
- eye level
- floor-to-ceiling
- full-length
- gawky
- height
- high
- overshadow
- profundity
- rangy
- rear
- rear above/over sth/sb
- six-footer
- stand
- stature
- tallish
- tower
- tower above/over sb/sth
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