| ADJECTIVE | all | threatening, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
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| all | threatening, heavy, lowering, sullen | darkened by clouds |
| Sounds | threh'tahnihng; threh'tnihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. | |
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| Example | "his threatening behavior" | |
| Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | agorero, amenazador, amenazante, funesto, ominoso, siniestro | |
| Catalan | amenaçador, ominós, sinistre | |
| Adverbs | threateningly | in a menacing manner |
| Meaning | darkened by clouds. | |
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| Synonyms | heavy, lowering, sullen | |
| Broader | cloudy | Full of or covered with clouds |
| Catalan | carregat | |
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