threateningadjective
uk/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ//ˈθret.nɪŋ/us/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ//ˈθret.nɪŋ/expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent:
threatening behaviour
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Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- treacherous
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threateningly
adverb uk/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ.li//ˈθret.nɪŋ.li/us/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ.li//ˈθret.nɪŋ.li/