User Contributed Dictionary
Verb
looming- present participle of loom
Extensive Definition
Looming is a term found in the study of Perception, as
it relates directly to Psychology.
Looming refers to the rapid expansion in the size of any
given object, so that its image becomes increasingly large on the
perceiver's retina. In
other words, when an object looms, there is an automatic physiological response to
perceive
the object as an approaching stimulus, instead of a stimulus
that is stationary or
recessing.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand,
brewing, close, close at hand, coming, fata morgana, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen,
immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent,
in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in
the wind, in view, instant, lowering, lurking, menacing, mirage, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon,
overhanging,
preparing, that will
be, threatening, to
come, upcoming,
waiting