'Towering' definitions:
Definition of 'towering'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Towering'
From: GCIDE
- Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a.
- 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. [1913 Webster]
- A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'towering'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'towering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- aerial,
- airy,
- altitudinous,
- ascending,
- aspiring,
- astronomic,
- Atlantean,
- august,
- Brobdingnagian,
- burning,
- colossal,
- consuming,
- cracking,
- crashing,
- Cyclopean,
- distinguished,
- dizzy,
- dominating,
- elephantine,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- enormous,
- epic,
- ethereal,
- exalted,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extraordinary,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- famous,
- fantastic,
- fiery,
- Gargantuan,
- giant,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- glorious,
- godlike,
- great,
- haughty,
- Herculean,
- heroic,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- high-reaching,
- high-set,
- high-up,
- Homeric,
- 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,
- Olympian,
- 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
Words containing 'Towering'
- Tower,
- Towered,
- tower above,
- towers,
- Conning Towers,
- Conning tower,
- Glover's tower,
- Grand Tower,
- Maiden tower,
- Martello tower,
- Rood tower,
- Round tower,
- Shot tower,
- Tower City,
- Tower Hill,
- Tower Lakes,
- Tower bastion,
- Tower mustard,
- Tower of London,
- Tower, MN,
- Water tower,
- babel tower of,
- bell tower,
- church tower,
- clock tower,
- cn tower,
- control tower,
- cooling tower,
- eiffel tower,
- fire tower,
- ivory tower,
- jezreel tower of,
- leaning tower,
- mooring tower,
- observation tower,
- petronas towers,
- sears tower,
- signal tower,
- siloam tower of,
- supporting tower,
- tower block,
- tower cress,
- tower of babel,
- tower of pharos,
- tower of strength,
- tower of the furnaces,
- twin towers,
- Conning Towers, CT,
- Gay Lussac's tower,
- Grand Tower, IL,
- Tower City, ND,
- Tower City, PA,
- Tower Hill, IL,
- Tower Lakes, IL,
- leaning tower of pisa,
- Conning Towers-Nautilus Park,
- Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT,
- Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert,
- Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI