towering

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of tower

adj

1. Very tall or high, so as to dwarf anything around it.
   She is a towering girl with a husky baritone voice and a friendly and flamboyant style. 1964, Look, volume 28, page 338
   And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started to crank up the pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match. December 28, 2010, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0-2 Fulham”, in BBC

noun

1. The act or condition of being high above others.
   Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy or despair. 1829, John Timbs, Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors
   But I am an old hawk at the sport; and wrote her such a cool, deliberate, prudent reply, as brought my bird from the aerial towerings, pop down at my foot like Corporal Trim's hat. 1787, Robert Burns, letter to a friend