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单词 threatful
释义

threatfuladj.

/ˈθrɛtfʊl/
Etymology: < threat n. + -ful suffix.
Full of threats; threatening.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective]
ticklec1325
boastful1382
threatinga1400
menacing?a1439
louringa1450
shoring1513
threatening1530
minatory1532
threatful?1567
minanta1657
minacious1660
menaceful1742
minitant1854
minitabund1890
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter sig. Eiii The thretfull warninges of the iudgement.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 503/2 By their threatfull letters.
1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 297 A threatful and agile whirl of his staff.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 6 Not the threatful Law of Moses,..but the royal Law, the perfect Law of liberty.
1895 G. MacDonald Lilith viii. 53 The eagle, perched with outstretched wings on the top, appeared threatful.
1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xxxi. 391 I have read signs in heaven: nought clear, but threatful unto both you and me.
1923 M. Sadleir Desolate Splendour 199 He felt a desire still further to ingratiate himself with this threatful lord.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ii. 42 It still lingers about her..something dark and outlandish and threatful.

Derivatives

ˈthreatfully adv. threateningly.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adverb]
throlyc1390
threatfully1565
menacingly1591
threateninglya1616
minaciously1660
minatorilya1670
louringly1836
floggingly1840
minatorially1847
sinisterly1847
1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. ii. ii. f. 50v S. Austen thretfully proficied, that, if they would not take peace..with their brethern, they should receaue..warre from their enemies.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 190 [A] flaming Semiter (threatfully held against him).
1822 T. Hood Lycus vi The spirits of sin..that..threatfully warr'd with the light.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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