Definitions for: Threatening

[adj] 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"
[adj] darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

Webster (1913) Definition: Threat"en*ing,
a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.

Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.

Synonyms: alarming, baleful, cloudy, forbidding, heavy, lowering, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, sullen, ugly

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