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1
extending to a great distance upward
- the towering mountain peaks of the Rockies
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2
going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount
- doting parents who tend to give their children towering praise for very minor accomplishments
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3
very dignified in form, tone, or style
- an article that in towering language decries the evils of modern society
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- affected,
- bombastic,
- declamatory,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- oratorical,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric),
- stilted
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- learned,
- literary
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- coarse,
- common,
- crass,
- crude,
- gross,
- ill-bred,
- indecent,
- lowbred,
- lowbrow,
- rough,
- rough-hewn,
- rude,
- tasteless,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- vulgar
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towering
verb
present participle of tower
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“Towering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towering. Accessed 15 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of towering was in 1592
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