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adjective

Imminent adj.

Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent."

Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. "Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach."

(With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. (R.) "Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters."

Synonyms: Impending; threatening; near; at hand. Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as, the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening indications for the future. "Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death." "No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes." "Fierce faces threatening war."

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Etymology of 'Imminent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Imminent" Quotes from Famous Books

... the passions of the nation; the people prepared for revolt, and a conflict was imminent, when the schismatic Sangha-mitta was suddenly assassinated, and the king, convinced of his errors, addressed himself with energy to restore the buildings he had destroyed, and to redress the mischiefs chiefs caused by his apostacy. He demolished the dewales ...

— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent

... could, or would get the money together? And if he were saved would he give the money back to Stener? If he required actual money, who would loan it to him in a time like this—in case a sharp panic was imminent? What security could he give? On the other hand, under pressure from the right parties he might be made to surrender all his street-railway holdings for a song—his and Stener's. If he (Mollenhauer) could get them he would not particularly ...

— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser

... already delivered him from two invasions, would dissipate with the same facility the rebellious army of Gaul. The officers of experience and ability, who had served under the banners of Maximian, were at length compelled to inform his effeminate son of the imminent danger to which he was reduced; and, with a freedom that at once surprised and convinced him, to urge the necessity of preventing his ruin, by a vigorous exertion of his remaining power. The resources of Maxentius, both of men and money, were still considerable. The Praetorian ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 • Edward Gibbon

... fine action was to throw himself in front of some runaway horses to save madame's daughter from imminent death." ...

— The Deputy of Arcis • Honore de Balzac

... unknown force which he had behind him. An intimate friend of the Muffats, he did everything in his power to put an end to the liaison between the Comte and Nana, and, though no success attended his efforts for a considerable time, he was able when ruin seemed imminent to save Muffat from scandal and to console him by a return to the ...

— A Zola Dictionary • J. G. Patterson

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