threatening

threat·en·ing

adjective

Making or implying threats: a threatening phone call.
Gving warning signs of bad weather: threatening skies.
Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished: found the criticism threatening.

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Verb

Present participle of threaten.

Adjective

(comparative more threatening, superlative most threatening)

Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

Noun

(plural threatenings)

An act of threatening; a threat.

Origin

From threaten +"Ž -ing.

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And Uncle Nicholas stood before them in a stern and threatening attitude.
It's a relationship threatening to sink our ship.
It was this exemption, threatening the very foundations of the Mussulman government, that finally led to a rupture with the nawab.
The ATV climbed over large rocks, threatening to unseat them both at any moment.
Her eyes burned with threatening tears.

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