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View synonyms for

threatening

[ thret-n-ing ]

adjective

  1. tending or intended to menace:

    threatening gestures.

  2. causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister:

    threatening clouds.



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Other Word Forms

  • ٳ𲹳IJ·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz·ٳ𲹳IJ·Բ adjective
  • non·ٳ𲹳IJ·Բ· adverb
  • ܲ·ٳ𲹳IJ·Բ adjective
  • un·ٳ𲹳IJ·Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of threatening1

First recorded in 1520–30; threaten + -ing 2
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Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the president exceeded his authority when he signed an executive order threatening to cut funding for “sanctuary cities.”

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Today, Mexico is once again locked in battle with the United States, this time facing an American president who is hurling insults, tariffs and threatening U.S. drone strikes here.

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Another study found urban lizards were also more responsive to threatening sounds, such as a wildfire or a kestrel.

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Asked whether they were threatening political repercussions for the supervisors, county unions demurred.

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Shortly before her death, Ms Wood rang her employer to say she needed to take some time off because of her partner's mental health and that he was threatening to kill himself.

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