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1. (adj.) threatening
tending or intended to menace:
threatening gestures.
2. threatening
ominous:
threatening clouds.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, 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"
2. (adj) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening
darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky"
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1. (adjective) threatening
using threats to get what you want
threatening words
2. threatening
likely to cause damage or harm
3. threatening
life-threatening
likely to cause death
a life-threatening illness; She looked at me threateningly.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. threatening
of Threaten
2. threatening
a. & n. from Threaten, v
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