TOWERING - Definition

Pronunciation:		'tawuring
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"

	Synonyms:	eminent, high, lofty, soaring


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Tow"er*ing\, a. 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. --Pope. 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W. Scott.