threatening
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- threatning (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
threatening
- Present participle of threaten.
Adjective[edit]
threatening (comparative more threatening, superlative most threatening)
- Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
Translations[edit]
presenting a threat
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Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
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: