impend
27 synonyms found
- approach
- await
- be as expected
- be imminent
- be in store
- beetle
- brew
- come on
- confront
- draw near
- draw nigh
- draw on
- expect it of
- forthcome
- hang out
- hang over
- impend over
- jut
- lie over
- loom
- menace
- near
- overhang
- project
- project over
- threaten
- thrust over
Definition
(v) :
to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat
"my hunger should impend any second now."