[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impending \impend"ing\, a.
   hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
   imminet; threatening.
   1913 webster

         an impending brow.                       --hawthorne.
   1913 webster

         and nodding ilion waits th' impending fall. --pope.

   syn: imminent; threatening. see imminent.
        1913 webster
see also:
imminent 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impend \impend"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. impended; p. pr.  vb.
   n. impending. l. impend=ere; pref. im- in + pend=ere
   to hang. see pendant.
   to hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at
   hand; to menace; to be imminent. see imminent.
   1913 webster

         destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --pope.
   impendence
see also:
impended impending pendant imminent 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

impending
     adj : close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand";
           "some people believe the day of judgment is close at
           hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
           syn: at handp, close at handp, imminent
see also:
at handp close at handp imminent 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "impending":
   about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, beetle,
   beetle-browed, beetling, brewing, close, close at hand, coming,
   forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate,
   imminent, impendent, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve,
   in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind,
   in view, incumbent, instant, jutting, looming, lowering, lurking,
   menacing, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, overhanging,
   overhung, pending, preparing, projecting, proximate,
   superincumbent, that will be, threatening, to come, upcoming,
   waiting

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