Dictionary Definition
threatening adj
1 threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic
developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his
tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister
storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior";
"ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, ugly]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
threatening- present participle of threaten
Adjective
- Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
Derived terms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
about to be, abusive, alarming, already in sight,
apocalyptic,
approaching, at
hand, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bludgeoning, blustering, bodeful, boding, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, close, close at hand, coming, comminatory, critical, dangerous, dangersome, dark, denunciatory, dire, doomful, dreary, evil, evil-starred, explosive, fateful, fear-inspiring,
foreboding, forthcoming, fraught with
danger, future, gathering, gloomy, going to happen, hectoring, ill, ill-boding, ill-fated,
ill-omened, ill-starred, immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent,
in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in
the wind, in view, inauspicious, instant, intimidating, jeopardous, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, minacious, minatory, near, near at hand, nearing, of evil portent,
ominous, on the horizon,
overhanging,
parlous, periculous, perilous, portending, portentous, preparing, serious, sinister, somber, terroristic, terrorizing, that will be,
threatful, to come,
ugly, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward, upcoming, waiting