Synonyms for hanged over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hang |
| Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for hanged over Other synonyms for the word hanged over
- advance
- approach
- 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
- come forth
- come into view
- come on the scene
- dawn
- emanate
- figure
- forebode
- foreshadow
- frighten
- gather
- hang over
- impend
- impress
- issue
- jut
- lengthen
- loom
- lower
- make up
- menace
- near
- overhang
- overtop
- poke
- pop out
- portend
- pout
- presage
- prolong
- protrude
- protuberate
- push out
- put at risk
- put in jeopardy
- rear
- rise
- seem huge
- seem large
- show
- soar
- stand out
- stick out
- stretch out
- take shape
- threaten
- thrust out
- top
- tower
- warn
Définition of hanged 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 loom : verb appear, often imposingly
- As in project : verb bulge, hang out
- As in threaten : verb endanger
- As in impend : verb threaten
- The officers often threatened that I should be hanged over the wall.
- Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
- The tradition that he was hanged over his own gate, must therefore be set aside.
- Extract from : « Border Raids and Reivers » by Robert Borland
Antonyms for hanged over
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