threatening.
Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
Meaning & usage
Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
An act of threatening; a threat.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
present participle and gerund of threaten
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
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