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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