A looming deadline made everyone nervous.
迫近的截止日期让大家都很紧张。
Select the best synonym for the word “looming”:
A — impending. “looming” means adj. appearing as a large and indistinct shape, often in a threatening way
A dark, ______ shape suddenly appeared through the thick evening fog.
B — looming. “looming” means adj. appearing as a large and indistinct shape, often in a threatening way
looming — adj. appearing as a large and indistinct shape, often in a threatening way. In Chinese: 隐约出现的.
looming is pronounced /ˈluːmɪŋ/. It breaks into 2 syllables: loom · ing.
A looming deadline made everyone nervous. (迫近的截止日期让大家都很紧张。)
impending, approaching, threatening — all close in meaning to looming (adj. appearing as a large and indistinct shape, often in a threatening way).
Yes. looming appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.