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impendent

impendent adjective: impending; threatening.

Adjective

impendent (comparative more impendent, superlative most impendent)

  1. (archaic) impending; threatening
    • Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 2, line 177

Synonyms of impendent

Forms of impendent

comparativemore impendent
superlativemost impendent

Origin of impendent

From Latin impendēns.

Questions about impendent

What does impendent mean?
Impendent means impending; threatening.
What part of speech is impendent?
Impendent is an adjective.

Words near impendent in the dictionary

  1. impend
  2. impended
  3. impendence
  4. impendencies
  5. impendency
  6. impendent
  7. impendeth
  8. impending
  9. impendingly
  10. impendings
  11. impends

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