Threatening Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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The meaning of THREATENING is expressing or suggesting a threat of harm, danger, etc. : indicating or suggesting the approach of possible trouble or danger. How to use threatening in a sentence.
THREATENING Synonyms: 192 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
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Synonyms for THREATENING: impending, looming, possible, imminent, approaching, brewing, coming, around the corner; Antonyms of THREATENING: distant, remote, past, eventual, ultimate, former, far-off, recent.
THREATENING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent: threatening behaviour. Synonym. menacing. showing that bad weather will probably arrive soon: As the threatening clouds approached, the winds suddenly blew up into a blinding snowstorm. Fewer examples.
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Threatening definition: tending or intended to menace. See examples of THREATENING used in a sentence.
THREATENING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can describe someone's behaviour as threatening when you think that they are trying to harm you. The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour. She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
Threatening - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. “his threatening behavior”. synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister. alarming. frightening because of an awareness of danger. adjective. darkened by clouds. synonyms: heavy, lowering, sullen. cloudy.
THREATEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
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to be likely to cause harm or damage to something or someone: Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside. C2 [ I ] If something bad threatens to happen, it is likely to happen: Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening. Fewer examples. Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.
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Definition of threatening adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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to offer (a punishment, injury, etc.) by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation. to give an ominous indication of: The clouds threaten rain. verb (used without object) to utter or use threats. to indicate impending evil or mischief. threaten. / ˈθrɛtən / verb. tr to be a threat to. to be a menacing indication of (something); portend.
THREATEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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to be likely to cause harm or damage to something or someone: Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside. C2 [ I ] If something bad threatens to happen, it is likely to happen: Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening. Fewer examples. Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.