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Antonyms for handwriting-on-the-wall
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hand-rahy-ting |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhændˌraɪ tɪŋ |
Definition of handwriting-on-the-wall
Origin :- c.1500, from hand (n.) + writing, translating Latin manuscriptum. Hand in the sense of "handwriting, style of writing" is from late 14c.
- An ordinary note in his [Horace Greeley's] handwriting is said to have been used for a long time as a railroad pass, then as a servant's recommendation, and finally taken to a drug-store as a doctor's prescription. ["Frank Leslie's Magazine," August 1884]
- As in imminent : adj at hand, on the way
- As in impending : adj forthcoming
Synonyms for handwriting-on-the-wall
- about to happen
- approaching
- at hand
- brewing
- close
- coming
- expectant
- fast-approaching
- following
- forthcoming
- gathering
- handwriting-on-the-wall
- hovering
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- in store
- in the air
- in the cards
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inevasible
- inevitable
- likely
- looking to
- looming
- menacing
- near
- nearing
- next
- nigh
- ominous
- on its way
- on the horizon
- on the verge
- overhanging
- portending
- possible
- probable
- proximate
- see it coming
- threatening
- to come
- unavoidable
- unescapable
- waiting to
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