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- Dictionarylooming/ˈluːmɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of an event) seemingly about to happen and regarded as ominous or worrying: "the looming threat of social unrest"
- 2. appearing as a vague or shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening: "he almost expected to see Jason's looming figure suddenly appear"
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LOOMING definition: 1. (of something unwanted or unpleasant) about to happen soon and causing worry: 2. (of something…. Learn more.
to appear as a large, often frightening or unclear shape or object: Dark storm clouds loomed on the horizon. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to appear. appear One or two clouds appeared in the sky. be/become visible As the beach gets darker, the glow of city lights becomes more visible.
: the indistinct and exaggerated appearance of something seen on the horizon or through fog or darkness. also : a looming shadow or reflection. Synonyms. Verb. brew. impend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: "I faced the icons that loomed through the veil of incense" (Fergus M. Bordewich). See Synonyms at appear. 2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form: "Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933" (Robert Conquest). 3.
Looming definition: a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.. See examples of LOOMING used in a sentence.
3 meanings: imminent → 1. liable to happen soon; impending 2. obsolete jutting out or overhanging.... Click for more definitions.
[intransitive] (of something bad) to appear serious and likely to happen soon. There was a crisis looming. Extra Examples. Word Origin. Idioms. loom large. to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid. The prospect of war loomed large. The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.
n. a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path. origin, originally uncertain 1585–95. 2. rear, tower. loom3 (lo̅o̅m), n. [ Brit. Dial.] Birds loon1. Birds a guillemot or murre.
[intransitive] to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon There was a crisis looming. Idioms. loom large. to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid The prospect of war loomed large. See loom in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: loom.
Looming Definition. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Verb. Filter. verb. Present participle of loom. Wiktionary. Synonyms: appearing. emerging. issuing. materializing. showing. brewing. lowering. overhanging. menacing. threatening. rising. shadowing. figuring. overshadowing. overtopping. Looming Sentence Examples.
