loom large
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To have a great deal of importance, presence, power, or sway; to be of great significance or concern, especially when posing a likely threat or danger.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Energy policy will loom large in the policy decisions of the new government."
- "Sooner or later the Catholic question will loom large in our way, so why not take a definite standpoint right from the beginning?"
- "One doubts that adequate assistance would loom large as a factor in the demoralization of the individual."
- "Nevertheless, even for a country bank, the unpredictable can loom large in the management of its reserve position."
- "Before the Somerset marshes were drained - between the 10th and 14th centuries - ships could sail as far inland as Glastonbury, and the hill on which High Ham stands was an island, looming large above the lagoons and swamplands of the region."
- "At the same time, the environmental problems certainly loom large in all transition countries."