Imminent

a.	1.	Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; - said especially of misfortune or peril.
	2.	Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. - Shak.
	3.	With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters. - Milton. Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death. - Shak. No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes. - Pope. Fierce faces threatening war. - Milton.

Adj.

1.

imminent - close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" Synonyms: impending, at hand, close at hand

about to be, abusive, advancing, alarming, already in sight, anticipated, approximate, approximative, at hand, attracted to, awaited, bludgeoning, blustering, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, close, close at hand, coming, comminatory, denunciatory, desired, destinal, destined, determined, drawn to, due, emergent, eventual, expected, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, fear-inspiring, foreboding, foreseen, forthcoming, future, futuristic, gathering, going to happen, hectoring, hereafter, hoped-for, immediate, impendent, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, instant, intimidating, later, likely, long-expected, looming, lowering, lurking, minacious, minatory, momentary, near, near at hand, nearing, ominous, on the horizon, oncoming, overdue, pending, planned, plotted, possible, predicted, preparing, presumed, probable, projected, promised, prophesied, prospective, proximate, sinister, terroristic, terrorizing, that will be, threatening, threatful, to come, to-be, ultimate, unavoidable, upcoming, waiting

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