[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tower \tow"er\, v. i. imp.  p. p. towered; p. pr.  vb. n.
   towering.
   to rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
   hence, to soar.
   1913 webster

         on the other side an high rock towered still.
                                                  --spenser.
   1913 webster

         my lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
towered towering 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

towering \tow"ering\, a.
   1. very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
      --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
      1913 webster

            a man agitated by a towering passion. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

towering
     adj : of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
           "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring
           spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" syn: eminent,
            lofty, soaring
see also:
eminent lofty soaring 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

128 moby thesaurus words for "towering":
   atlantean, brobdingnagian, cyclopean, gargantuan, herculean,
   homeric, olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending,
   aspiring, astronomic, august, burning, colossal, consuming,
   cracking, crashing, distinguished, dizzy, dominating, elephantine,
   elevated, eminent, enormous, epic, ethereal, exalted, excessive,
   exorbitant, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, famous, fantastic,
   fiery, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glorious, godlike, great,
   haughty, heroic, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set,
   high-up, huge, immense, immoderate, imposing, impressive,
   incomparable, infinite, inordinate, intemperate, intense, jumbo,
   lauded, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, mammoth,
   massive, mighty, mind-blowing, monster, monstrous, monumental,
   mortal, mountainous, mounting, noble, outstanding, outtopping,
   overlooking, overpowering, overtopping, overwhelming, paramount,
   passionate, preeminent, prodigious, profound, prominent, renowned,
   sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, steep, stupendous,
   sublime, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme,
   surpassing, tall, titanic, topless, toplofty, topping, towery,
   transcendent, tremendous, ultimate, unconscionable, undue,
   unequally, unmatchable, unmatched, unmeasurable, unparalleled,
   unrestrained, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, uplifted, upreared, vast,
   vehement, violent

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