What does threatful mean?
Threatful means Threatening..
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/ˈθɹɛtfəl/ · adjective
Threatening..
Then he with all his puissance doth striue / To strike his oares, and mightily doth driue / The hollow vessell through the threatfull waue […]
The sound of the gang was diminishing into the distance, and the prophet of doom, restored to eloquence, was sending threatful bolts of damnation, hell-fire, and a brimstone gehenna hurtling after them.
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Threatful means Threatening..
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Then he with all his puissance doth striue / To strike his oares, and mightily doth driue / The hollow vessell through the threatfull waue […]
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