Talk:impending

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I'm not a native English speaker but I have this vague idea that the word impending has something rather gloomy and threatening about it, is it so? 88.148.214.22 20:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Erm, it can in some cases. Think, for example, of a sentence something like this:
And so, your impending doom has been prophesied. 50 Xylophone Players talk 20:55, 9 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
What is impending is imminent (in the literal sense of the word, “hanging over one’s head”) and harmful; the slipshod extension threatens to deprive us of a useful word. --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:14, 23 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
So impending is a speculation? 2600:100C:B03A:A636:0:48:F84E:4501 01:32, 24 December 2024 (UTC)Reply