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unthreatening

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threat⋅en⋅ing

  [thret-n-ing]
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–adjective
1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
2. causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds.
Origin:
1520–30; threaten + -ing 2

Related forms:
threat⋅en⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. See imminent, ominous.
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