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towering
[ tou-er-ing ]
adjective
- very high or tall; lofty:
a towering oak.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- surpassing others; very great:
a towering figure in American poetry.
- rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity:
a towering rage.
- beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive:
towering pride; towering ambitions.
towering
/ ˈٲʊəɪŋ /
adjective
- very tall; lofty
- outstanding, as in importance or stature
- prenominal very intense
a towering rage
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǷɱԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٴǷİ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Travel round Chinese provinces and you see they are littered with empty projects – lines of towering concrete shells that have been labelled "ghost cities".
Dressed in a revealing keyhole dress and towering beehive wig, Carpenter comes to Simon Says for the ambience and the chance to dress in drag.
Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park.
Because of its towering reputation — lauded as one of our city’s finest films, a hallmark of American neorealism and the pinnacle of the Black independent filmmaker movement dubbed the L.A.
After all, it is because of the railroad that this city, tucked among craggy peaks and towering trees, exists at all.
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