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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impending \Im*pend"ing\, adjective Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
An impending brow. --Hawthorne.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
Syn: Imminent; threatening. See {Imminent}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impend \Im*pend"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Impended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impending}.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re to hang. See {Pendant}.] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See {Imminent}.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impending
adjective: 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 hand(p)}, {close at hand(p)}, {imminent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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