impending

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impending - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Impending \Im*pend"ing\, a.
     Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
     imminet; threatening.
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           An impending brow.                       --Hawthorne.
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           And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
  
     Syn: Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
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  Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Impending.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re
     to hang. See Pendant.]
     To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at
     hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
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           Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.
     Impendence

impending - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  impending
      adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand";
             "some people believe the day of judgment is close at
             hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
             [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent,
             impendent, impending]

impending - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "impending":
     about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, beetle,
     beetle-browed, beetling, brewing, close, close at hand, coming,
     forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate,
     imminent, impendent, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve,
     in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind,
     in view, incumbent, instant, jutting, looming, lowering, lurking,
     menacing, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, overhanging,
     overhung, pending, preparing, projecting, proximate,
     superincumbent, that will be, threatening, to come, upcoming,
     waiting