impend Antonyms

Meaning of impend

Wordnet

impend (v)

be imminent or about to happen

Webster

impend (v. t.)

To pay.

Webster

impend (v. i.)

To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

FAQs About the word impend

be imminent or about to happenTo pay., To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

loom, brew, hover, threaten,approach, lour, draw on, near, overhang, hang

remit, taper, shrink, dwindle, moderate, let up, subside, lessen, relent, remit

An impending storm darkened the skies, casting an ominous shadow over the coastal city.

Financial ruin impended over the once-thriving corporation, threatening its very existence.

The scent of danger impended in the air as the lion stealthily approached its prey.

A sense of foreboding impended over the hospital, where a critical patient lingered on the brink of life and death.