Impend

/ɪmˈpɛnd/

Synonyms for "impend" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

approachawaitbe as expectedbe imminentbe in storebeetlebrewcome onconfront

Strong matches (13)

draw neardraw nighdraw onexpect it offaceforthcomegatherhang outhang overhoverimpend overjut
Verb(1 words)

Related words (22)

lie overloomlourlowermenacenearoverhangprojectproject overstick outthreatenthrust over
Noun(3 words)
loom operationloominglooms

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Collocations

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impend onimpend overimpending crisisimpending dangerimpending doom

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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The Earl had often heard of a rich citizen […] and the peculiar charm of a little snug rotunda which he had just finished on the verge of his ground, and which impended the great London road.

Source: wiktionary

when a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (עַל־עֵין), over which one really leans When a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (עַל־עֵין), over which one really leans.

Source: wiktionary

impending doom

Source: wiktionary

I, the mother of the only surnamed Glendinning, I feel now as though I had borne the last of a swiftly to be extinguished race. For swiftly to be extinguished is that race, whose only heir but so much as impends upon a deed of shame.

Source: wiktionary

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