threatening

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

present participle and gerund of threaten

Adj

1. Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
2. Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.

Noun

An act of threatening; a threat.

threaten

1. To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
2. To menace, or be dangerous.
3. To portend, or give a warning of.
4. To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
5. (figuratively) To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)

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Conceptos

amenazador

amenazante

inminente

conminatorio

siniestro

intimatorio

ominoso

ominosa

Sinónimos

menacing

ominous

sinister

minatory

intimidating

lowering

threat

frightening

baleful

forbidding

dangerous

minacious

gloomy

sullen

dark

overcast

heavy

endangering

stormy

cloudy

☁️

scary

reviling

intimidation

serious

squally

terror

troublesome

ugly

wolfish

horrent

presageful

rainy-looking

stormy-looking

almost

presagious

angry

😠

approaching

baneful

blaming

defiant

denunciative

direful

dull

duress

fearsome

foreboding

hostile

imminent

impendent

impending

Traducciones

menaçant

drohend

amenaçador

minaccioso

bedreigend

sinistre

dreigend

ameaçador

minacciante

bedrohlich

απειλητικός

bedrohend

sinistre

bieco

ominoso

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: thretenyng

In summary

From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.

Oraciones

Luke picks up a loaded crossbow and aims it at Mrs . Tingle , threatening her .

Luke recoge una ballesta cargada y la apunta a la Sra. Tingle, amenazándola.