threatening

Signification (Anglais)

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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Concepts

menaçant

sinistre

laid

lourd

maussade

périlleux

sénestre

torve

dangereux

intimidateur

imminent

Synonymes

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

Traductions

drohend

amenazador

amenaçador

dreigend

minaccioso

bedreigend

bedrohlich

ameaçador

minacciante

απειλητικός

amenazante

bedrohend

ominoso

inminente

sinistre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: thretenyng

In summary

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

Phrases

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

Luke ramasse une arbalète chargée et la vise à Mme Tingle, la menaçant.