- adjectivethreatening (adjective)
- having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner:"her mother had received a threatening letter"
- law(of behavior) showing an intention to cause bodily harm:"Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behavior"
- (of a person or situation) 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"
verbthreatening (present participle)- state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done:"the unions threatened a general strike" · "she made a scene and Tom threatened to leave" · "“I might sue for damages,” he threatened"
- express one's intention to harm or kill (someone):"the men threatened the customers with a handgun"
- cause (someone or something) to be vulnerable or at risk; endanger:"a broken finger threatened his career" · "one of four hospitals threatened with closure"
- (of a situation or weather conditions) seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result:"the dispute threatened to spread to other cities" · "the air was raw and threatened rain"
- (of something undesirable) seem likely to occur:"unless war threatened, national politics remained the focus of attention"
OriginOld English thrēatnian ‘urge or induce, especially by using threats’, from thrēat (see threat).Similar and Opposite Wordsadjectiveverb- state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done:
- cause (someone or something) to be vulnerable or at risk; endanger:
- (of a situation or weather conditions) seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result:
- (of something undesirable) seem likely to occur:be likely (to happen)be imminentbe (close) at handbe nearbe closebe approachingbe on the horizonbe just around the cornerbe brewingbe gatheringbe loomingbe coming (soon)be coming upbe on the waybe expectedbe anticipatedbe in prospectbe in the windbe in the airbe forthcomingbe impendinghang over someone
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