Definition of Threatening

1. Adjective. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. "The situation became ugly"

Exact synonyms: Baleful, Forbidding, Menacing, Minacious, Minatory, Ominous, Sinister
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Balefulness, Omen

2. Adjective. Darkened by clouds. "A heavy sky"
Exact synonyms: Heavy, Lowering, Sullen
Similar to: Cloudy
Derivative terms: Sullenness

Definition of Threatening

1. threaten [v] - See also: threaten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threatening

threaper
threapers
threaping
threapit
threaps
threat
threated
threaten
threatened
threatened
threatened abortion
threatened abortion
threatened species
threatener
threateners
threatening (current term)
threateningly
threatens
threating
threats
threave
threaves
three
three
three-bagger
three-banded armadillo
three-base hit
three-body collisions
three-card monte
three-centered arch

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