IMPENDS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

impends

verb

present tense third-person singular of impend

as in looms

to be about to happen for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending

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The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … WEATHER WARNING — Isaias becomes Atlantic's first hurricane as dangerous Gulf coast landfall looms.

— , FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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