impending
adjective
[ ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ ]
• (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming.
• "the author had returned to his country ahead of the impending war"
impend
verb
• (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) be about to happen.
• "it seemed certain that some great trial of strength impended between the opponents"
Similar:
imminent,
at hand,
close,
close at hand,
near,
nearing,
approaching,
coming,
forthcoming,
upcoming,
to come,
on the way,
about to happen,
upon us,
in store,
in the offing,
in the pipeline,
on the horizon,
in the air,
in the wind,
brewing,
looming,
looming large,
threatening,
menacing,
on the cards,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin impendere, from in- ‘towards, upon’ + pendere ‘hang’.
