loomed

VERB

appear, often imposingly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brew come on dominate emerge hover mount overshadow portend soar stand out threaten

STRONG

approach await bulk dawn emanate figure gather impend impress issue lower menace near overhang overtop rear rise show top tower

WEAK

be at hand be coming be forthcoming be imminent be in the cards be in the wind be near become visible break through come forth come into view come on the scene hang over make up seem huge seem large take shape

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline fall leave

STRONG

abandon descend drop neglect

Example Sentences

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Loomed, after the brief Egyptian visit, a 17-day sail from Alexandria through the Suez Canal and down the coast of Africa to Mombasa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Loomed one real issue, it arose from a hard fact: The Americas are split in regard to great triune ideal of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.

From Time Magazine Archive

O'er the water floating, flying, Something in the hazy distance, Something in the mists of morning, Loomed and lifted from the water, Now seemed floating, now seemed flying, Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.

From The Song of Hiawatha by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Hurling like slanted rain, the lurid levin Fell o'er that flight of Titans, and behind, In striding menace, all-victorious Jove Loomed like some craggy cloud with thunders crowned And footed with the winds.

From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton

Beaten at last, they flocked like carion crow, On the dead body of their will to sting, Which drifting Northward, and enlargening, Loomed Dante's Nimrod, 'mid the Arctic snow.

From Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Doyle, Edward