threatening

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

minaccioso

minacciante

bieco

sinistro

minatorio

torvo

intimidatorio

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

menaçant

drohend

amenazador

amenaçador

sinistre

bedreigend

dreigend

bedrohlich

amenazante

ameaçador

απειλητικός

bedrohend

inminente

ominoso

siniestro

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: thretenyng

In summary

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

Frasi

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

Luke raccoglie una balestra carica e lo punta alla signora Tingle, minacciandola.