All threatening synonyms
threatΒ·enΒ·ing
T t adj threatening
- minacious β menacing; threatening.
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- forbidding β grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
- lowering β comparative of low1 .
- intimidating β to make timid; fill with fear.
- lowery β dark and gloomy; threatening: a lowery sky.
- formidable β causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- intimidatory β to make timid; fill with fear.
- ill-omened β having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.
- irredeemable β not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- minatory β menacing; threatening.
- menacing β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- in the cards β a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3β³ Γ 5β³ file card; a membership card.
- doomful β foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- grave β the grave accent.
- depressive β Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- dangerous β If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- beyond recall β If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- serious β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- goner β a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- in store β an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in view β an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- impendent β impending.
- impending β about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
- brutish β If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- nearing β close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- in the offing β the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
adjective threatening
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- inevasible β Incapable of being evaded.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- doomy β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- discommodious β Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- exhortatory β Serving to exhort.
- overcast β overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- hazardous β full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- exigent β Pressing ; demanding.
- aper β a person who apes, a mimic
- comminatory β Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
- nocent β harmful; injurious.
- jeopardous β perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- ill β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
noun threatening
- intimidation β to make timid; fill with fear.
- commination β the act or an instance of threatening punishment or vengeance
- coercion β Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.