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towering

[tou-er-ing]

adjective

  1. very high or tall; lofty.

    a towering oak.

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  2. surpassing others; very great.

    a towering figure in American poetry.

  3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity.

    a towering rage.

  4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive.

    towering pride; towering ambitions.



towering

/ ˈٲʊəɪŋ /

adjective

  1. very tall; lofty

  2. outstanding, as in importance or stature

  3. (prenominal) very intense

    a towering rage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • toweringly adverb
  • ˈٴǷɱԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of towering1

From a late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; tower 1, -ing 2
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See high.
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There’s no doubt that when it mattered most, her high-wattage sensitivity was a towering strength.

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He's previously said that his earliest memory was "a massive ship at the end of my street, towering over the houses and blotting out the sun".

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Beyond right field, the towering skeleton of USC’s Bloom Football Performance Center takes shape in the distance.

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And this man once seen as a performative figure — a political sideshow — has metamorphosed into a towering and singular figure in America whose significance goes far beyond politics.

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Footage has emerged showing towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening.

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