towering en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ/
Meanings
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Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
She is a towering girl with a husky baritone voice and a friendly and flamboyant style.
1964, Look, volume 28, page 338:And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started to crank up the pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match.
2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0-2 Fulham”, in BBC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2024:So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more towering | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most towering | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (10)
ru вздыма́ющийся (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · ru возвыша́ющийся (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · mi tīkokekoke (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · mi paratū (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · eo altega (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · ru высо́кий (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · ar شَاهِق (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · mi tīkoke (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · bg извисяващ се (very tall, taller than surrounding objects) · es altísimo (very tall, taller than surrounding objects)