TOWERING

[adjective]We wandered under the towering (= very high) walls of the Acropolis/the towering redwood trees of Yosemite/the towering ceiling of the cathedral.Towering also means very great.Laurence Olivier's Othello was a towering performance.He is a towering figure in the British art world.I have rarely seen a man in such a towering (= very great) temper.