Threatening
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Threatening is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of threaten.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of threaten.
More Meanings
- Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
- Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
- An act of threatening; a threat.
Example Sentences
Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.
Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.
Word Forms
- threatning
- threatenings
Synonyms for threatening
Depending on context, synonyms include minacious, menacing, baleful, threatensome, sullen, sinister.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include minatory, menacing, minacious, alarming, sullen, sinister.
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