Words Like IMPEND

We have put together a list of words that are similar to IMPEND.

6 Alternative Words Similar to impend

1 Be Verb      Synonym Words Like Be
2 Pay Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Pay
3 Impended Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Impended
4 Impending Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Impending
5 Menace Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Menace
6 Imminent Verb-intransitive      Variant Words Like Imminent

9 definitions of impend

1 To pay.
2 To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See imminent.
3 be imminent or about to happen
4 To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
5 To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
6 Archaic To jut out; hang suspended.
7 To overhang; be ready to fall; be imminent; threaten; be on the point of occurring, as something evil.
8 To hang over.
9 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.
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