ALL meanings of threatening
threat·en·ing
T t - adjective threatening tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures. 1
- adjective threatening causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds. 1
- verb with object threatening to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating. 1
- verb with object threatening to be a menace or source of danger to: Sickness threatened her peace of mind. 1
- verb with object threatening to offer (a punishment, injury, etc.) by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation. 1
- verb with object threatening to give an ominous indication of: The clouds threaten rain. 1
- verb without object threatening to utter or use threats. 1
- verb without object threatening to indicate impending evil or mischief. 1
- adjective threatening act, gesture 1
- adjective threatening causing fear, concern 1
- adjective threatening person 1
- adjective threatening weather: ominous 1
- adjective threatening You can describe someone's behaviour as threatening when you think that they are trying to harm you. 0