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threat·en·ing

(thrĕt′n-nĭng)

adj.

1. Making or implying threats: a threatening phone call.

2. Gving warning signs of bad weather: threatening skies.

3. Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished: found the criticism threatening.

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threat•en•ing

(ˈθrɛt n ɪŋ)

adj.

1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.

2. ominous: threatening clouds.

threat′en•ing•ly, adv.

syn: See ominous.

Threatening

of courtiers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

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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"

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

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threatening

adjective

Expressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortune:

minacious, minatory.

Translations

تَهْدِيدِيّ

výhružný

truende

uhkaava

prijeteći

minaccioso bieco minacciante

脅すような

위협적인

grozeč

hotfull

ที่ขู่เข็ญ

tehdit edici

đe dọa

胁迫的

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

threatening

→ تَهْدِيدِيّ výhružný truende drohend απειλητικός amenazador uhkaava menaçant prijeteći minaccioso 脅すような 위협적인 dreigend truende groźny ameaçador угрожающий hotfull ที่ขู่เข็ญ tehdit edici đe dọa 胁迫的

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