threatening
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[edit] English
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- threatning (obsolete)
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threatening
- Present participle of threaten.
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threatening (comparative more threatening, superlative most threatening)
- Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
[edit] Translations
presenting a threat
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threatening (plural threatenings)
- An act of threatening; a threat.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
- And nowe lorde beholde their threatenynges, and graunte unto thy servauntes wyth all confydence to speake thy worde.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV: