threatening

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/ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, seem, sound | become | regard sth as, see sth as

ADV

extremely, seriously, very

The dark clouds looked extremely threatening as the storm approached the coast.

increasingly | almost | rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially

Definitions

adj

Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.

Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.

Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.

Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.

noun

An act of threatening; a threat.

And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.

In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.

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Synonyms

adjective — threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

adjective — darkened by clouds

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.

Wiktionary

Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.

Wiktionary

And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.

Wiktionary

In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.

Wiktionary

The weather is threatening.

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The sky had become threatening before I got to the station.

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