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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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTHREATENING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

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

   • Znaczenie Threatening, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

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

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   • Threatening in Spanish

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

   • Threaten

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

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › threateningThreatening Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTHREATEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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:

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

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

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   Learn the meaning of threatening as an adjective to describe someone's behaviour or a situation that causes alarm or harm. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage examples of threatening.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › threateningThreatening - definition of threatening by The Free Dictionary

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8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › threateningthreatening adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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