2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
--Shak.
3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
--Milton.
Syn: Impending; threatening; near; at hand.
Usage: {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. --Shak.
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear
advices of impending foes. --Pope.
Fierce faces threatening war. --Milton.