Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminent; threatening.
An impending brow.Hawthorne.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall.Pope.
Syn. -- Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
Definition: forthcoming
Antonyms: distant, later, never, remote
She had a sense of impending disaster.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - truende, overhængende
Nederlands (Dutch)
dreigend, komend
Français (French)
adj. - imminent
Deutsch (German)
adj. - bevorstehend, drohend
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επικείμενος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - iminente
Русский (Russian)
надвигающийся, угрожающий, свисающий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - inminente, próximo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hotande, överhängande, annalkande
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
逼迫的, 悬空的, 迫切的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 逼迫的, 懸空的, 迫切的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 切迫した, 差し迫った
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) وشيك, قريب الحدوث
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ממשמש ובא, מתקרב
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