Synonyms for
Looming
Definition
appearing as a large or threatening shape or shadow
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
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Literary
Antonyms
Common collocations
- looming threat
- looming danger
- looming deadline
- looming presence
- looming large
- looming disaster
- looming shadow
Word family
Usage note
Often used to describe something negative or threatening that is approaching. It carries a sense of unease or apprehension.
Example sentences
- The storm clouds are looming in the distance.
- The deadline for the project is looming.
- The mountain loomed in the background.
- The possibility of war is looming over the country.
- The threat of a recession is looming over the economy.
Quotes
The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. There are ominous signs of radical changes in the offing. Looming ahead is a period of great uncertainty, perhaps even greater than that of the 1930s. - Zygmunt Bauman
The future is always a dystopia in the making. It is a landscape of danger, where the looming threats are visible just ahead, but the haze of uncertainty conceals them. - Robert Greene
By and large, economists and business people seem to be comfortably clueless about the deepening problems in the global economy. That is, until the markets start to plunge and the world's central bankers begin to warn of a spreading recession, financial crisis, and the looming end of the world. - David Korten