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   threatening

   /ˈθrɛtnɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner: "her mother had received a threatening letter" Similar menacingintimidatingbullyingfrighteningterrifyingscaryfearsomemean-lookingalarmingforbiddingbalefulwarningadmonitorycautionaryrare:minaciousminatoryminatorialcomminatory
   • ▪ (of behaviour) showing an intention to cause bodily harm: "Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behaviour"
   • ▪ causing someone to feel vulnerable or at risk: "she was a type he found threatening"
   • ▪ (of weather conditions) indicating that bad weather is likely: "black threatening clouds" Similar ominousgloweringbroodingsinistermenacingblackthunderousdarkwintrygloomyheavydireillevilbalefulforbiddingdoomyuglyunpromisingportentousforebodingunpropitiouspessimisticinauspiciousunfavourableunluckyill-fateddangerousarchaic:direfulrare:minacious

   Derivatives

   • 1. threateningly adverb

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   • English (US)

     THREATENING meaning: 1. expressing a threat of something...

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   • Threatening in Spanish

     THREATENING translate: amenazante [singular], amenazante...

   • Threatening in French

     threatening translate: menaçant/-ante, qui représente une...

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     to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause...

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   Learn the meaning of threaten, a verb that means to tell someone you will harm them or cause problems, or to warn of something unpleasant or unwanted. See how to use threaten in sentences and find synonyms and related words.

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   Threatening definition: tending or intended to menace. See examples of THREATENING used in a sentence.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTHREATENING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   : to cause to feel insecure or anxious. felt threatened by his brother's success. intransitive verb. 1. : to utter threats. 2.