looming

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looming

/ˈluːmɪŋ/ UK
/ˈlumɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -uːmɪŋ

noun loomings

gerund gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers. But if no world exist in the man; if nothing but continents of empty vapour, of greedy self-conceits, commonplace hearsays, and indistinct loomings of a sordid chaos exist in him, what will be the use of 'light' to show us that?

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of loom

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hover, hulk, tower, bulk large, brood, approaching, coming, creeping, emerging, facing, hanging, impending, near, pending, threatening, unfolding

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Español	lo que se avecina

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"looming." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/looming. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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looming. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/looming

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"looming." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/looming.

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@misc{looming_2026,
  title = {looming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/looming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}