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English

Adjective

towering

  1. very tall, particularly used to denote something that is taller than anything around it


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered; p. pr. & vb. n.
towering.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
hence, to soar.
[1913 Webster]

On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
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My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
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A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W.
Scott.
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WordNet towering
adj : of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
"an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring
spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: eminent,
lofty, soaring]
Moby Dictionary
Atlantean , Brobdingnagian , Cyclopean , Gargantuan , Herculean ,
Homeric , Olympian , abysmal , aerial , airy , altitudinous , ascending ,
aspiring , astronomic , august , burning , colossal , consuming ,
cracking , crashing , distinguished , dizzy , dominating , elephantine ,
elevated , eminent , enormous , epic , ethereal , exalted , excessive ,
exorbitant , extraordinary , extravagant , extreme , famous , fantastic ,
fiery , giant , giantlike , gigantic , glorious , godlike , great ,
haughty , heroic , high , high-pitched , high-reaching , high-set ,
high-up , huge , immense , immoderate , imposing , impressive ,
incomparable , infinite , inordinate , intemperate , intense , jumbo ,
lauded , lofty , magnanimous , magnificent , majestic , mammoth ,
massive , mighty , mind-blowing , monster , monstrous , monumental ,
mortal , mountainous , mounting , noble , outstanding , outtopping ,
overlooking , overpowering , overtopping , overwhelming , paramount ,
passionate , preeminent , prodigious , profound , prominent , renowned ,
sky-high , skyscraping , soaring , spiring , steep , stupendous ,
sublime , superb , superior , superlative , supernal , supreme ,
surpassing , tall , titanic , topless , toplofty , topping , towery ,
transcendent , tremendous , ultimate , unconscionable , undue ,
unequally , unmatchable , unmatched , unmeasurable , unparalleled ,
unrestrained , unsurpassable , unsurpassed , uplifted , upreared , vast ,
vehement , violent


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