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1. (adj.) towering
very high or tall; lofty:
a towering oak.
2. towering
surpassing others; very great.
3. towering
rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity:
a towering rage.
4. towering
beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive.
Etymology: (1400–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) eminent, lofty, soaring, towering
of imposing height; especially standing out above others
"an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) towering
very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height
2. (adj) towering
hence, extreme; violent; surpassing
3. towering
of Tower
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Sense: very high
towering cliffs.
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 Afrikaans: baie hoë, duiselingwekken |
 Arabic: شاهِق |
 Bulgarian: висок |
 Brazilian: muito alto |
 Czech: čnící |
 German: turmhoch |
 Danish: tårnhøj |
 Greek: πανύψηλος |
 Spanish: elevado, dominante |
 Estonian: kõrguv |
 Farsi: بلند |
 Finnish: pilviä hipova |
 French: élevé |
 Hebrew: מִתנַשֵא |
 Hindi: बडा़ ऊंचा |
 Croatian: koji se ispinje, vrlo vis |
 Hungarian: toronymagasságú |
 Indonesian: tinggi |
 Icelandic: gnæfandi |
 Italian: dominante |
 Japanese: そびえ立つ |
 Korean: 몹시 높은 |
 Lithuanian: stūksantis |
 Latvian: augsts |
 Malay: sangat tinggi |
 Dutch: torenhoog |
 Norwegian: tårnhøy |
 Polish: dotykający chmur |
 Persian: بلند |
 Pashto: ډير لوړ، ډير هسك، ترنورو |
 Portuguese: muito alto |
 Romanian: înalt |
 Russian: возвышающийся |
 Slovak: týčiaci sa |
 Slovenian: zelo visok; previsen |
 Serbian: koji nadvisuje |
 Swedish: jättehög, reslig, mäktig |
 Thai: สูงลิ่ว |
 Turkish: çok yüksek |
 Taiwanese: 高聳的 |
 Ukrainian: дуже високий |
 Urdu: بلند و بالا، سر بہ فلک |
 Vietnamese: rất cao |
 Chinese: 高耸的 |
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