threatening

threatening /'θretniɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự đe doạ, sự hăm doạ
    • tính từ
      • đe doạ
        • in a threatening tone: với giọng đe doạ

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): threat, threaten, threatening, threateningly

    Xem thêm: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, heavy, lowering, sullen, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, imperil, peril



    threatening

    Từ điển Collocation

    threatening adj.

    VERBS appear, be, seem, sound | become | regard sth as, see sth as

    ADV. extremely, seriously, very seriously threatening behaviour | increasingly | almost | rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister

      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

    • darkened by clouds; heavy, lowering, sullen

      a heavy sky

      v.

    • pose a threat to; present a danger to; endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, imperil, peril

      The pollution is endangering the crops

    • to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
    • to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

      Danger threatens

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    threatens|threatened|threatening
    syn.: admonish advise alert browbeat bulldoze bully caution forebode harass intimidate menace terrorize warn