mounting
n.n. increasing in amount or strength, especially when describing something that causes worry or pressure. You use it to show that a situation is becoming more serious over time.
n. gradually increasing in amount, intensity, or force. Often used to describe cumulative pressure, evidence, or negative emotions.
There is mounting pressure on the government to change the law.
The company faced mounting debts after several months of poor sales and rising material costs.
Despite the mounting evidence of environmental degradation, the local council continued to approve large-scale industrial projects that threatened the surrounding wetlands.
From mount + -ing.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun like 'pressure', 'evidence', 'tension', or 'debt'.