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incombente

looming

adjective een-kohm-BEN-teh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

imminent

Usage Note

Incombente comes from the verb incombere (to loom over, to be incumbent upon) and is used to describe a threat or event that hangs over something menacingly: un pericolo incombente (a looming danger). It is invariable for gender (same form for masculine and feminine), changing only in the plural: incombenti. It is more literary than imminente.

Examples

"C'era una minaccia incombente all'orizzonte."

Natural Translation

There was a looming threat on the horizon.

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