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Detailed Synonyms for threatening in English

threatening:

threatening adj

  1. threatening
  2. threatening
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  3. threatening
    – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments 1
    ominous; sinister; threatening; forbidding; menacing; minatory; baleful; minacious
    – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments 1
  4. threatening
    – darkened by clouds 1
    heavy; threatening; sullen; lowering
    – darkened by clouds 1

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Related Definitions for "threatening":

  1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments1
    • his threatening behavior1
  2. darkened by clouds1

threatening form of threaten:

to threaten verb (threatens, threatened, threatening)

  1. to threaten
    to threaten; to menace
    • threaten verb (threatens, threatened, threatening)
    • menace verb (menaces, menaced, menacing)
  2. to threaten
    to threaten
    • threaten verb (threatens, threatened, threatening)
  3. to threaten
    – to utter intentions of injury or punishment against: 1
    to threaten
    – to utter intentions of injury or punishment against: 1
    • threaten verb (threatens, threatened, threatening)
      • He threatened me when I tried to call the police1
  4. to threaten
    – to be a menacing indication of something: 1
    to threaten
    – to be a menacing indication of something: 1
    • threaten verb (threatens, threatened, threatening)
      • The clouds threaten rain1
      • Danger threatens1
  5. to threaten
    – pose a threat to; present a danger to 1
    to threaten; to menace; peril; jeopardise; endanger; jeopardize; imperil
    – pose a threat to; present a danger to 1

Conjugations for threaten:

present
  1. threaten
  2. threaten
  3. threatens
  4. threaten
  5. threaten
  6. threaten
simple past
  1. threatened
  2. threatened
  3. threatened
  4. threatened
  5. threatened
  6. threatened
present perfect
  1. have threatened
  2. have threatened
  3. has threatened
  4. have threatened
  5. have threatened
  6. have threatened
past continuous
  1. was threatening
  2. were threatening
  3. was threatening
  4. were threatening
  5. were threatening
  6. were threatening
future
  1. shall threaten
  2. will threaten
  3. will threaten
  4. shall threaten
  5. will threaten
  6. will threaten
continuous present
  1. am threatening
  2. are threatening
  3. is threatening
  4. are threatening
  5. are threatening
  6. are threatening
subjunctive
  1. be threatened
  2. be threatened
  3. be threatened
  4. be threatened
  5. be threatened
  6. be threatened
diverse
  1. threaten!
  2. let's threaten!
  3. threatened
  4. threatening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "threaten":

  1. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:1
    • He threatened me when I tried to call the police1
  2. to be a menacing indication of something:1
    • The clouds threaten rain1
    • Danger threatens1
  3. pose a threat to; present a danger to1

Related Synonyms for threatening