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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.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | threatening - 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" |
threateningadjective1. 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, propitiousthreateningadjectiveExpressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortune:minacious, minatory.TranslationsIdiomsSeethreatenthreatening
Synonyms for threateningadj menacingSynonyms- menacing
- bullying
- intimidatory
- terrorizing
- minatory
- comminatory
adj ominousSynonyms- ominous
- sinister
- forbidding
- grim
- baleful
- inauspicious
- bodeful
Antonyms- promising
- encouraging
- reassuring
- bright
- comforting
- favourable
- auspicious
- propitious
Synonyms for threateningadj expressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortuneSynonymsSynonyms for threateningadj threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developmentsSynonyms- menacing
- minacious
- minatory
- ominous
- sinister
- baleful
- forbidding
Related Wordsadj darkened by cloudsSynonymsRelated Words |