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Threatening

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Definitions for Threatening

adjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms
baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister
Examples
  1. a baleful look
  2. forbidding thunderclouds
  3. his tone became menacing
  4. ominous rumblings of discontent
  5. sinister storm clouds
  6. a sinister smile
  7. his threatening behavior
  8. ugly black clouds
  9. the situation became ugly
adjective
darkened by clouds
Synonyms
heavy lowering sullen
Examples
  1. a heavy sky
verb
pose a threat to
Synonyms
endanger jeopardize jeopardise menace threaten imperil peril
Examples
  1. present a danger to
  2. The pollution is endangering the crops
verb
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
Synonyms
threaten
Examples
  1. He threatened me when I tried to call the police
verb
to be a menacing indication of something
Synonyms
threaten
Examples
  1. The clouds threaten rain
  2. Danger threatens

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