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adjective
- 1. having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner: "her mother had received a threatening letter" Similar
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expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent: threatening behaviour. Synonym. menacing. showing that bad weather will probably arrive soon: As the threatening clouds approached, the winds suddenly blew up into a blinding snowstorm. Fewer examples.
The meaning of THREATENING is expressing or suggesting a threat of harm, danger, etc. : indicating or suggesting the approach of possible trouble or danger. How to use threatening in a sentence.
to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want: They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun. [ + to infinitive ] They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked. C1 [ T ] to be likely to cause harm or damage to something or someone:
Threatening definition: tending or intended to menace. See examples of THREATENING used in a sentence.
You can describe someone's behaviour as threatening when you think that they are trying to harm you. ...a threatening phone call. American English : threatening / ˈθrɛtənɪŋ /
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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of threatening adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
