'Impending' definitions:
Definition of 'impending'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Impending'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope. Impendence
Definition of 'Impending'
From: GCIDE
- Impending \Im*pend"ing\, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. [1913 Webster]
- An impending brow. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
- Syn: Imminent; threatening. See Imminent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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