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单词 threatening
释义

threatening


threat·en·ing

T5200250 (thrĕt′n-nĭng)adj.1. Making or implying threats: a threatening phone call.2. Gving warning signs of bad weather: threatening skies.3. Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished: found the criticism threatening.

threat•en•ing

(ˈθrɛt n ɪŋ)

adj. 1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures. 2. ominous: threatening clouds. threat′en•ing•ly, adv. syn: See ominous.

Threatening

 of courtiers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.threatening - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developmentsthreatening - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, baleful, forbiddingalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
2.threatening - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"lowering, sullen, heavycloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

threatening

adjective1. menacing, bullying, intimidatory, terrorizing, minatory, comminatory The police should have charged them with threatening behaviour.2. ominous, sinister, forbidding, grim, baleful, inauspicious, bodeful a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
ominous promising, encouraging, reassuring, bright, comforting, favourable, auspicious, propitious

threatening

adjectiveExpressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortune:minacious, minatory.
Translations
胁迫的

threatening

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IdiomsSeethreaten

threatening


  • adj

Synonyms for threatening

adj menacing

Synonyms

  • menacing
  • bullying
  • intimidatory
  • terrorizing
  • minatory
  • comminatory

adj ominous

Synonyms

  • ominous
  • sinister
  • forbidding
  • grim
  • baleful
  • inauspicious
  • bodeful

Antonyms

  • promising
  • encouraging
  • reassuring
  • bright
  • comforting
  • favourable
  • auspicious
  • propitious

Synonyms for threatening

adj expressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortune

Synonyms

  • minacious
  • minatory

Synonyms for threatening

adj threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Synonyms

  • menacing
  • minacious
  • minatory
  • ominous
  • sinister
  • baleful
  • forbidding

Related Words

  • alarming

adj darkened by clouds

Synonyms

  • lowering
  • sullen
  • heavy

Related Words

  • cloudy
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