towering

tow·er·ing  (tour-ng)

adj.

1. Of imposing height.

2. Outstanding; preeminent: a towering intellect.

3. Very great or intense: a towering rage.

---

tower·ing·ly adv.

---

towering [ˈtaʊərɪŋ]

adj

1. very tall; lofty

2. outstanding, as in importance or stature

3. (prenominal) very intense a towering rage

toweringly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

towering - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs" eminent, lofty, soaring high - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

---

towering

adjective

1. tall, high, great, soaring, elevated, gigantic, lofty, colossal towering cliffs of black granite

2. impressive, imposing, supreme, striking, extraordinary, outstanding, magnificent, superior, paramount, surpassing, sublime, stellar (informal), prodigious, transcendent a towering figure in British politics

3. intense, violent, extreme, excessive, burning, passionate, mighty, fiery, vehement, inordinate, intemperate, immoderate I saw her in a towering rage only once.

Translations

towering [ˈtaʊərɪŋ] ADJ [peak, mountain] → elevado, imponente; [building] → muy alto, imponente por su altura; [figure] (in stature) → imponente, altísimo; (in literature, arts etc) → destacado, sobresaliente
in a towering rage → con una rabia terrible

towering [ˈtaʊərɪŋ] adj

[mountain, cliff] → imposant(e)

(= impressive) [figure] → imposant(e)
towing-rope [ˌtəʊɪŋˈrəʊp] n → câble m de remorquage
towing-truck [ˌtəʊɪŋˈtrʌk] n → dépanneuse f

towering

adj

building → hochragend, alles überragend; mountain → (steil) aufragend; tree → hochgewachsen; the boy stood before the towering figure of his father → der Schüler stand vor der hoch aufragenden Gestalt seines Vaters

(fig: = magnificent) achievement, presence, talent → überragend; performance → hervorragend; a towering rage → eine rasende or unbändige Wut; one of the towering giants of literature → eine der einsamen Größen der Literatur, ein Titan m → der Literatur

towering [ˈtaʊərɪŋ] adj (building, figure) → imponente, altissimo/a
in a towering rage (fig) → in preda a un violento accesso d'ira