What does threatening mean?
Definitions for threatening
ˈθrɛt n ɪŋthreat·en·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective
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"
heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective
darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky"
Wiktionary
threateningnoun
An act of threatening; a threat.
threateningadjective
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
Webster Dictionary
Threatening
of Threaten
Threatening
a. & n. from Threaten, v
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of threatening in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of threatening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of threatening in a Sentence
Lecturing and threatening the PM is just too much, risks debasing govt, party, country & himself. PM must be given maximum latitude & backing.
They demonstrate exactly what we're trying to say with 'That's not love,' but they do it a lighthearted way, they're not threatening. They're very simple but they bring the point home directly.
Wolves likely learned that scavenging from humans regularly was an easy free meal, while humans allowed this to happen so long as wolves were not aggressive or threatening.
And I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about the( alleged) threatening the health of so many others, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
We need the government to go much, much, much further, we are facing a plastics crisis and we need to turn off the tap, we are really facing an environmental crisis, our oceans are full of plastic, and they're killing marine life, they are damaging our eco-systems and they are actually threatening human health.
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- مهددArabic
- amenaçadorCatalan, Valencian
- drohendGerman
- απειλητικόςGreek
- amenazadorSpanish
- uhkaavaFinnish
- menaçantFrench
- truendeNorwegian
- ameaçadorPortuguese
- amenințătorRomanian
- угрожа́ющийRussian
- đe dọaVietnamese
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