Synonyms for hanging over
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : hang |
| Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for hanging over Other synonyms for the word hanging over
- advance
- approach
- at hand
- await
- be at hand
- be coming
- be conspicuous
- be dangerous
- be forthcoming
- be gathering
- be imminent
- be in the air
- be in the cards
- be in the offing
- be in the wind
- be near
- be on the horizon
- be prominent
- become visible
- beetle
- break through
- brewing
- bulk
- certain
- closed
- come forth
- come into view
- come on the scene
- compelled
- compulsory
- condemned
- dawn
- directed
- emanate
- figure
- forebode
- foreordained
- foreshadow
- forthcoming
- frighten
- gather
- hang over
- hanging over
- impend
- impending
- impress
- in prospect
- in store
- in the cards
- in the wind
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inevitable
- inexorable
- instant
- intended
- issue
- jeopardize
- jut
- lengthen
- loom
- looming
- lower
- make up
- meant
- menace
- menacing
- mount
- near
- ordained
- overhang
- overhanging
- overshadow
- overtop
- poke
- pop out
- portend
- pout
- predesigned
- predestined
- predetermined
- presage
- prolong
- protrude
- protuberate
- push out
- put at risk
- put in jeopardy
- que sera sera
- rear
- rise
- sealed
- seem huge
- seem large
- settled
- show
- soar
- stand out
- stated
- stick out
- stretch out
- take shape
- that is to be
- that will be
- threaten
- threatening
- thrust out
- to come
- top
- tower
- unavoidable
- warn
- way the ball bounces
Définition of hanging over
Origin :- a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
- Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.
- As in destined : adj bound for, fated in near future
- As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
- As in project : verb bulge, hang out
- As in threaten : verb endanger
- As in impend : verb threaten
- Facing this, and hanging over the side of the bed, was a portrait of his father.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- A gun was hanging over the fire-place, which was a grate, not a turf-stone.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- On his head was a long woollen cap, hanging over at one side.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- After seeing him hanging over there I think you can guess why.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- He bounded over the hedge, and there was Dard hanging over his axe, moaning.
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
- There seems to be hanging over me a cloud of fate I cannot dispel.
- Extract from : « Capitola's Peril » by Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth
- A rope was hanging over her side; I found my hands grasping it.
- Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Luba arose and lighted the lamp which was hanging over the table.
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- I could have got better faster, but for my dread of a governess which was hanging over me.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
- So I seemed to myself at times to be hanging over the abyss.
- Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong
Antonyms for hanging over
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