looming

loom·ing
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UK/ˈluːmɪŋ/US/ˈlumɪŋ/

A form of loom — A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

OriginEnglish loom ← Old Norse ljómader.? ← Proto-Germanic *leuhmô →
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Meanings

nounlooming (plural loomings)

plural loomings

  1. gerundgerund 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?

    1850 May 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. V. Stump-Orator.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 155
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of loom

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
on the boil

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*léwk-mn̥ ~ *luk-mén-s
  3. Proto-Germanic*leuhmô
  4. Old Norseljómader.?
  5. Englishloom
  6. Englishlooming

From loom + -ing.

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Translations

Spanish lo que se avecina
  • lo que se avecinaTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with looming

groomingbloomingboomingunassumingfumingdooming
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Anagrams

Mogilno
Cite this entry
APA

looming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looming

MLA

“looming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “looming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looming.

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