threatening

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

threat·en·ing [threatening threatenings] BrE [ˈθretnɪŋ] NAmE [ˈθretnɪŋ] adjective
1. expressing a threat of harm or violence
Syn: ↑menacing
•threatening letters
•threatening behaviour
• The house seemed less threatening in the cold light of day.
2. (of the sky, clouds, etc.)showing that bad weather is likely
• The sky was dark and threatening.
Derived Word: ↑threateningly

Example Bank:
•I found an extremely threatening message on my answering machine.
•seriously threatening behaviour
•adopting a threatening posture towards an opponent
•people who send threatening letters or make obscene phone calls

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  heavy, lowering, sullen, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister