Threatening Meaning and Definition


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Threatening meaning

Word: Threatening

How to pronounce: ˈθretnɪŋ

How to pronounce: θretn

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Example sentences: "Her mother had received a threatening letter"


Synonyms:

terrible

minatory

ominous

baleful

menacing

sinister

dire

hazardous

formidable

fearsome

rampant

endangered

danger

menace

looming

perilous

risky

imminent

impending

forbidding

serious

dangerous

grave


Synonyms:

jeopardize

endanger

pose a threat

menace

scare

frighten

jeopardise

imperil


Antonyms:

nonthreatening


Derivations:

threaten

threatened

threat

threatening

threat


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Threatening in Other Languages...

Spanish: Amenazante

German: Bedrohlich

French: Menaçant

Italian: Minaccioso

Turkish: Tehdit


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