THREATENING


Meaning of THREATENING in English

— threateningly , adv.

/thret"n ing/ , adj.

1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.

2. causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds.

[ 1520-30; THREATEN + -ING 2 ]

Syn. 2. See imminent, ominous .

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