Towering
/ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or condition of being high above others.
"Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy or despair."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of tower form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
"So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
Adjective
- 1 of imposing height; especially standing out above others wordnet
Example
More examples"New York bristles with towering buildings."