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threatening
[ thret-n-ing ]
adjective
- tending or intended to menace:
threatening gestures.
- causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister:
threatening clouds.
Other Word Forms
- ٳIJ·Բ· adverb
- ԴDz·ٳIJ·Բ adjective
- non·ٳIJ·Բ· adverb
- ܲ·ٳIJ·Բ adjective
- un·ٳIJ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of threatening1
Example Sentences
The president and his appointees have attacked these people by firing them, stripping them of Secret Service protection and security clearances, ordering federal investigations against them and even threatening criminal prosecution.
New infections are threatening our intelligence agencies like the NSA and the CIA.
In the same report, the company wrote that “Scientific evidence indicates that if left unchecked, climate change will be disastrous and life threatening.”
He did this by threatening to excommunicate from the Church those bishops who refused to comply with his wishes.
Since Trump took office in January, hurling insults and threatening devastating tariffs and U.S. drone strikes, Mexico has been seized by a nationalistic fervor.
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