threatening

Letters that make threatening

a, e, g, n, h, r, t, i are letters that make 'threatening'

Words within threatening

re, te, threat, at, en, ng, Ea, ten, in, IN, Aten, Re, Ate, At, In, Ni, Te, Th, hr, eat, threaten are words within 'threatening'


2 possible definitions for 'threatening'

Threatening as "darkened by clouds"

Under this definition, threatening is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

heavy, lowering, sullen have the same meaning as 'threatening'

Derivatives of threatening

sullenness, moroseness, glumness are derivatives of 'threatening'.

Similar to threatening

cloudy is similar to threatening.


Threatening as "threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments"

Under this definition, threatening is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

forbidding, ominous, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister have the same meaning as 'threatening'

Derivatives of threatening

omen, portent, presage, balefulness, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, maleficence, mischief are derivatives of 'threatening'.

Similar to threatening

alarming is similar to threatening.

Example of threatening used within this context

"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"



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