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adj. 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"

Fuzzynyms (22)

eventual

adj. expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"

resultant, consequent, ensuant, resulting, sequent

adj. following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting flowers"

ensuing

adj. following immediately and as a result of what went before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction"

future

adj. yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"

forbidding, ugly, ominous, dire, direful, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

foreboding, fateful, portentous

adj. ominously prophetic

Synonyms (1)

immediate

adj. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"

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impending

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