threatening

threat·en  (thrtn)

v. threat·ened, threat·en·ing, threat·ens

v.tr.

1. To express a threat against.

2. To be a source of danger to; menace.

3. To give signs or warning of; portend.

4. To announce the possibility of in a threat.

v.intr.

1. To express or use threats.

2. To indicate danger or harm.

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threaten·er n.

threaten·ing·ly adv.

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Threatening of courtiers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	threatening - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, baleful, forbidding alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	threatening - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" lowering, sullen, heavy cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

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threatening

adjective

1. menacing, bullying, intimidatory, terrorizing, minatory, comminatory The police should have charged them with threatening behaviour.

2. ominous, sinister, forbidding, grim, baleful, inauspicious, bodeful a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
ominous promising, encouraging, reassuring, bright, comforting, favourable, auspicious, propitious

Translations

threatening [ˈθretnɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= menacing) [letter, gesture, phone call] → amenazador, de amenaza; [manner, voice] → amenazador
some men find her threatening → algunos hombres se sienten intimidados por ella
threatening behaviour → comportamiento m intimidatorio, conducta f intimidatoria or amenazadora

2. (= unpromising) [clouds, sky] → amenazador
the weather looked threatening → amenazaba temporal

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threatening [ˈθrɛt^ənɪŋ] adj

[person, manner, behaviour] → menaçant(e)
He looked very threatening → Il avait l'air très menaçant.

[letter] → de menace

[sky, clouds] → menaçant(e)

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threatening

adj → drohend; weather, clouds also, situation → bedrohlich; a threatening letter/phone call → ein Drohbrief m → /-anruf m; threatening behaviour → Drohungen pl; to find somebody threatening → sich von jdm bedroht fühlen

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threatening [ˈθrɛtnɪŋ] adj → minaccioso/a

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