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Threatening
ˈθrɛtnɪŋ
Threatening definitions
adjective
threatening
- having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner
"her mother had received a threatening letter"
menacing intimidating bullying frightening terrifying scary fearsome mean-looking alarming forbidding baleful- (of behaviour) showing an intention to cause bodily harm
"Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behaviour"
- causing someone to feel vulnerable or at risk
"she was a type he found threatening"
- (of weather conditions) indicating that bad weather is likely
"black threatening clouds"