threatsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From threat +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

threatsome (comparative more threatsome, superlative most threatsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by threat; threatening
    • 1903, The Vassar Miscellany, volume 33:
      The second act depicts the deadly combat of Be-a-Wolf and Grumble, a loathly, threatsome monster in red burlaps, and ended in the utter overthrow of the power of evil with no perceptible effort on Be-a-Wolf's part.
    • 1929, Maristan Chapman, Homeplace:
      The clouds shut in once more, and a threatsome wind stirred the trees, and Fayre gave over his song and raced back to town out of the weather that was beginning to happen.