spiring
Rising to point
Spiring describes something that tapers upward to a point, like a spire.
The word appears most often in poetry and literary description: spiring towers, spiring flames.
It can also mean rising or soaring: spiring ambitions.
The present participle of the rare verb spire, it shares territory with aspiring but emphasizes the upward, pointed shape rather than mere ambition.
Discharge or capture
- sproutNew plant emergence
- germinatingStarting to grow
- emergingComing into view
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
tendril · stem · blade · budding · unfurling · coiling · twining · spiral
Pointed church tower
- towerTall slender edifice
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
finial · fleche · turret · belfry · campanile · cupola · dome · roofline
Act of ascending
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- toweringOf imposing height
- reachingExtending toward something
- climbingAscending by physical effort
stretching · lifting · elevating · mounting · upward · vertical · skyward · lofty
Intense prolonged craving
- transcendingExceeding normal bounds
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- heavenwardToward the sky
- divineOf or from gods
sacred · ethereal · sublime · devotion · prayer · meditation · seeking · longing
shoot
Discharge or capture
- sproutNew plant emergence
- germinatingStarting to grow
- emergingComing into view
growing · tendril · stem · blade · budding · unfurling · coiling · twining · spiral · helix
steeple
Pointed church tower
pinnacle · finial · fleche · turret · belfry · campanile · cupola · dome · roofline · skyline
rising
Act of ascending
climbing · stretching · lifting · elevating · mounting · upward · vertical · skyward · lofty · tall
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- transcendingExceeding normal bounds
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- heavenwardToward the sky
divine · sacred · ethereal · sublime · devotion · prayer · meditation · seeking · longing · striving
spiringsinking
Falling through water
descending · plunging · dropping · falling · plummeting
spiringspreading
Extending over space
flattening · sprawling · broadening · expanding · splaying
- rebellious spiritDisposition against compliance
- free spiritUninhibited, unconventional person
- team spiritShared enthusiasm among members
- in spiritPresent emotionally, not physically
- holiday spiritSeasonal goodwill and merriment
- Christmas spiritSeasonal mood of goodwill