loom ahead

verb

To be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.

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Meanings

verbloom ahead (third-person singular simple present looms ahead, present participle looming ahead, simple past and past participle loomed ahead)

present singular third person looms ahead · participle present looming ahead · participle past loomed ahead · past loomed ahead

  1. intransitiveconfrontation or outcomeTo be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.
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APA

loom ahead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loom%20ahead

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loom ahead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loom%20ahead.

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