Towering

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of imposing height.
  • adj. Outstanding; preeminent: a towering intellect.
  • adj. Very great or intense: a towering rage.
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  • v. Present participle of tower.
  • adj. Very tall or high, particularly used to denote something that is taller than anything around it.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Very high; elevated; rising aloft.
  • adj. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Very tall or lofty: as, towering heights.
  • Exceedingly or increasingly violent; rising to an extreme height or intense degree: as, a towering rage.
  • In heraldry, same as soarant.
  • n. The act of one who towers; specifically, the convulsive action of a bird which, when wounded in a certain way, flies straight up in the air as long as life lasts, and then drops dead; also, the flight thus made. See the quotation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others
    • Equivalent
    high   
    Cross Reference
    towering inferno    tower over   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elevated    violent    surpassing    high   
    Verb Stem
    tower   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cowering    devouring    empowering    flowering    glowering   
     
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