Towering

//ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·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

Synonyms

high abysmal aerial airy altitudinous ascending

Example

"New York bristles with towering buildings."

Related phrases

tower over towering inferno

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