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Towering

//ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of tower form-of, gerund, participle, present

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