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- Dictionarythreat·en·ing/ˈTHretniNG/
adjective
- 1. having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner: "her mother had received a threatening letter" Similar
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The meaning of THREATENING is expressing or suggesting a threat of harm, danger, etc. : indicating or suggesting the approach of possible trouble or danger. How to use threatening in a sentence.
expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent: threatening behaviour. Synonym. menacing. showing that bad weather will probably arrive soon: As the threatening clouds approached, the winds suddenly blew up into a blinding snowstorm. Fewer examples.
to tell someone that you will hurt or harm him or her, esp. if the person does not do something in particular: [ I ] They threatened to drop him from the team if he didn’t come to practice. [ T ] Don’t threaten me! threaten verb (WARN OF POSSIBILITY) [ T ] to warn of something unpleasant or unwanted:
Threatening definition: tending or intended to menace. See examples of THREATENING used in a sentence.
You can describe someone's behaviour as threatening when you think that they are trying to harm you. ...a threatening phone call. American English : threatening / ˈθrɛtənɪŋ /
1. Making or implying threats: a threatening phone call. 2. Gving warning signs of bad weather: threatening skies. 3. Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished: found the criticism threatening. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of threatening adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to tell someone that you will hurt or harm him or her, esp. if the person does not do something in particular: [ I ] They threatened to drop him from the team if he didn’t come to practice. [ T ] Don’t threaten me! threaten verb (WARN OF POSSIBILITY) [ T ] to warn of something unpleasant or unwanted:
[intransitive, transitive] to seem likely to happen or cause something unpleasant. A storm was threatening. When war threatens, people act irrationally. threaten to do something This dispute threatens to split the party. threaten something The clouds threatened rain. threaten something with something Many species are now threatened with extinction.
The adjective threatening is used to describe someone or something that causes alarm, intimidates, or is intended to intimidate, as in You look very threatening in that costume. The adjective threatened means in danger, as in I felt threatened or We need to protect threatened species.
