Defenition of the word threatening

• Defenition of the word threatening

  • Which threatens or menaces.
  • 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"
  • darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
  • 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 clo
  • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  • darkened by clouds

Synonyms for the word threatening

• • baleful
  • forbidding
  • heavy
  • lowering
  • menacing
  • minacious
  • minatory
  • ominous
  • sinister
  • sullen
  • ugly

Similar words in the threatening

• • alarming
  • cloudy

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