English-Thai Dictionary

towering

ADJ ที่ สำคัญ ที่สุด  ta-sam-kan-ti-sud

 

towering

ADJ รุนแรง  ที่ รู้สึก รุนแรง  ruan-rang

 

towering

ADJ สูงลิ่ว  สูงตระหง่าน  สูง เสียด เมฆ  sunag-lil

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOWERING

ppr. Rising aloft; mounting high; soaring. 1. a. Very high; elevated; as a towering highth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOWERING

TOWERING 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

towering

tow er ing |ˈtou (-ə )riNG ˈtaʊ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] extremely tall, esp. in comparison with the surroundings: Hari looked up at the towering buildings. • of exceptional importance or influence: a majestic, towering album. • of great intensity: his towering anger.

 

Oxford Dictionary

towering

tower |ing |ˈtaʊərɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings: Hari looked up at the towering buildings. 2 of great importance or influence: a majestic, towering album. • of great intensity: his towering anger.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

towering

towering adjective 1 a towering skyscraper: high, tall, lofty, soaring, sky-high, multistory; giant, gigantic, enormous, huge, massive; informal ginormous. 2 a towering intellect: outstanding, preeminent, leading, foremost, finest, top, surpassing, supreme, great, incomparable, unrivaled, unsurpassed, peerless.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

towering

towering adjective 1 a towering skyscraper: high, tall, lofty, elevated, soaring, sky-high, sky-scraping, steep, mountainous, imposing, multistorey; giant, gigantic, enormous, huge, colossal, vast, immense, massive, monstrous, mammoth, monumental, titanic, Brobdingnagian; informal hulking, whopping, ginormous. ANTONYMS low, short. 2 a towering rock idol: outstanding, pre-eminent, leading, foremost, finest, chief, excellent, distinguished, prominent, eminent, important, major, star, top, topmost, surpassing, superior, supreme, exceptional, stellar, great, incomparable, unrivalled, unsurpassed, peerless, matchless, unequalled, famous, renowned, celebrated, illustrious, extraordinary. ANTONYMS undistinguished, inferior. 3 he was in a towering rage: extreme, fierce, terrible, intense, overpowering, mighty, violent, fiery, unrestrained, vehement, passionate, ardent, immoderate, intemperate, inordinate, frenzied, fanatical, zealous, frantic, deep. ANTONYMS minor, half-hearted.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

towering

tow er ing /táʊ (ə )rɪŋ /形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 高くそびえる, とても高い 〈人 建物など 〉.2 偉大な, 重要な 〈人など 〉▸ a towering figure in the post-war Japanese art world 戦後の日本美術界にそびえる巨人 3 強烈な 〈怒りなど 〉▸ in a towering rage 激怒して