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synonyms for loomed

  • brew
  • come on
  • dominate
  • emerge
  • hover
  • mount
  • overshadow
  • portend
  • soar
  • stand out
  • threaten
  • approach
  • await
  • bulk
  • dawn
  • emanate
  • figure
  • gather
  • impend
  • impress
  • issue
  • lower
  • menace
  • near
  • overhang
  • overtop
  • rear
  • rise
  • show
  • top
  • tower
  • 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
On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to loomed, such as: emerge, hover, stand out, overshadow, mount, and come on.

antonyms for loomed

MOST RELEVANT
  • decline
  • fall
  • leave
  • abandon
  • descend
  • drop
  • neglect
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How to use loomed in a sentence

Although operating as a makeshift bodega may not be ideal for every kitchen, Rivera believes this is where restaurants are headed if they want to compete as major changes in the industry loom.
ERIC RIVERA IS PLAYING THE GAMEALBERTO PEREZOCTOBER 1, 2020EATER
Even as a child, I had always been around the loom and have had no doubt that I’ll be weaving.
HOW A WASTELAND SHRUB IS BECOMING THE NEXT BIG THING IN FASHIONDANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 28, 2020OZY
Neither of us spoke again, and at length the squat log buildings of Pend d' Oreille loomed ahead of us in the night.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
There was another personality that loomed large, in those years, on the Midland—Samuel Swarbrick, the accountant.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW
They were soon out-distanced, the palm-trees fell away, the soaring temple loomed against the blazing sky.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
The one thing that loomed big in my mind's eye was the monstrous injustice of the accusation.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
A horse or a tree or a clump of brush loomed up grotesquely in the vaporous blur.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
Without warning, we found ourselves foul of a picket-line, and the vague forms of grazing horses loomed close by.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
On one side loomed a huge tank, to the brink of which a rickety wooden ladder invited the explorer to ascend.
DOPESAX ROHMER
As Garnache's tall figure loomed before him he let the girl go and turned a half-laughing, half-startled face upon the intruder.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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