threatening

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From threaten +‎ -ing.

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threatening

  1. Present participle of threaten.

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threatening (comparative more threatening, superlative most threatening)

  1. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

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presenting a threat

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threatening (plural threatenings)

  1. 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.
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