impendent

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adjective

impending; threatening

Similar
imminentin the offingproximateat handclose at handimpendingclose
OriginLatin impendēns →
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Meanings

adjectiveimpendent (comparative more impendent, superlative most impendent)

comparative more impendent · superlative most impendent

  1. archaicimpending; threatening

    Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.

    1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 2, line 177

    Synonyms: imminent, in the offing, proximate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveimpending; threatening

Similar
imminentin the offingproximate

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveclose in time; about to occur

Similar
at handclose at handimminentimpendingclose
Also see
around the cornerat handclose at handforthcomingimminentimpendinginstantpending

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinimpendēns
  2. Englishimpendent

From Latin impendēns.

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APA

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MLA

“impendent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impendent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impendent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impendent.

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