threatening en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ/
- /ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ/
- (US) audio
- /ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/
- /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/
- thrĕt′ənĭŋ
Etymology
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
Meanings
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Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
- Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more threatening | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most threatening | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| threatning | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
threateningly · non-threatening · unthreatening · life-threatening · nonthreatening · threateningness
Hypernyms
Synonyms
menacing · minacious · ominous · threatensome · forbidding · threatful · baleful
Translations (31)
be пагража́льны (presenting a threat) · la minitābundus (presenting a threat) · mk закану́вачки (presenting a threat) · bg заплашителен (presenting a threat) · pl arcygroźny (presenting a threat) · mi whakawehiwehi (presenting a threat) · fi uhkaava (presenting a threat) · mi whakahakahaka (presenting a threat) · uk погро́зливий (presenting a threat) · be пагро́злівы (presenting a threat) · sv hotfull (presenting a threat) · fr menaçant (presenting a threat) · ro amenințător (presenting a threat) · uk загро́зливий (presenting a threat) · pdt dreiwent (presenting a threat) · mi whakawetiweti (presenting a threat) · mi hākiwakiwa (presenting a threat) · nb truende (presenting a threat) · ca amenaçador (presenting a threat) · ru угрожа́ющий (presenting a threat) · la minax (presenting a threat) · cmn 威脅的 /威胁的 (presenting a threat) · mi takareko (presenting a threat) · mi pōkerekere (presenting a threat) · el απειλητικός (presenting a threat) · nn trugande (presenting a threat) · pt ameaçador (presenting a threat) · mi pōrukuruku (presenting a threat) · de drohend (presenting a threat) · grc ἀπειλητικός (presenting a threat) · mi paroro (presenting a threat)