| Pronunciation: | | thr'etuning
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| Matching Terms: | | threateningly
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
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| | Synonyms: | | alarming, baleful, cloudy, forbidding, heavy, lowering, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, sullen, ugly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Threat"en*ing\,
a. & n. from {Threaten}, v. -- {Threat"en*ing*ly}, adv.
{Threatening letters} (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
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