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   Threat·en·ing

   /ˈTHretniNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner: "her mother had received a threatening letter" Similar menacingintimidatingbullyingfrighteningterrifyingscaryfearsomemean-lookingalarmingforbiddingbalefulwarningadmonitorycautionaryrare:minaciousminatoryminatorialcomminatory
   • ▪ (of behavior) showing an intention to cause bodily harm: "Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behavior"
   • ▪ (of a person or situation) causing someone to feel vulnerable or at risk: "she was a type he found threatening"
   • ▪ (of weather conditions) indicating that bad weather is likely: "black threatening clouds" Similar ominousgloweringbroodingsinistermenacingblackthunderousdarkwintrygloomyheavydireillevilbalefulforbiddingdoomyuglyunpromisingportentousforebodingunpropitiouspessimisticinauspiciousunfavorableunluckyill-fateddangerousarchaic:direfulrare:minacious

   Derivatives

   • 1. threateningly adverb

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