threatening
tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds.
Origin of threatening
1synonym study For threatening
Other words from threatening
- threat·en·ing·ly, adverb
- non·threat·en·ing, adjective
- non·threat·en·ing·ly, adverb
- un·threat·en·ing, adjective
- un·threat·en·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use threatening in a sentence
Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.
Bolivia: Although there are several big cats native to Bolivia, none is bigger (or more threatening) than the reclusive jaguar.
They ask a range of questions that are innocuous at first then become more threatening.
On Polygraph Tests, Would-Be Border Patrol Agents Confess to Crimes | Andrew Becker | April 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the Romney team is delighted that Paul, not a more threatening long-term challenger, was the runner-up.
Mitt Romney Wins Big in Capturing the New Hampshire Primary | Howard Kurtz | January 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“Maybe we should have” created a more threatening pro-choice coalition earlier on, said Smeal.
His mien was terrific, and his voice the more threatening in that it was not raised above a whisper.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniThe Deacon's face became very rigid, and the musket was advanced to a more threatening position.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyWhen it came to the execution of the law, the affair assumed a more threatening aspect.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdStill more threatening was the attitude of the war party in Constantinople.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonThe Boxers became more and more threatening to the Europeans in China.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
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