Definitions for impending

impending im·pend·ing

Spelling: [im-pen-ding]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɛn dɪŋ/

Impending is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in impending (degiimnnp).

Definitions for impending

adjective

  1. about to happen; imminent:
  2. imminently threatening or menacing:
  3. Archaic. overhanging.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be imminent; be about to happen.
  2. to threaten or menace:
  3. Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over).

Origin of impending

First recorded in 1675-85; impend + -ing2

Examples for impending

On several occasions, Pakistani officials tipped off Maulvi Nazir and his men about impending drone strikes.

I troubled myself with the care of that which was not impending over me.

In vague ways it was borne in upon him that a change was impending.

The play, set in 1982, depicts the struggles of three privileged slackers to come to terms with impending adulthood.

The steps suggested to meet this impending calamity were strange enough.

The director left then; he could see the impending catastrophe.

The same thing happens when her mute daughter, the sweet Kattrin, is shot as she tries to warn a hamlet of impending slaughter.

Certainly his clothes support this notion of impending takeover.

For all felt a blow to be impending, and only marvelled at its being so long withheld.

Tito began to be much preoccupied with her impending duties.

Word Value for impending
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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