What is another word for THREATENING?
Synonyms for THREATENING
ˈθrɛt n ɪŋthreat·en·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
threatening
Imminent, from the Latin, with the sense of projecting over, signifies liable to happen at once, as some calamity, dangerous and close at hand. Impending, also from the Latin, with the sense of hanging over, is closely akin to imminent, but somewhat less emphatic. Imminent is more immediate, impending more remote, threatening more contingent. An impending evil is almost sure to happen at some uncertain time, perhaps very near; an imminent peril is one liable to befall very speedily; a threatening peril may be near or remote, but always with hope that it may be averted.
Antonyms:
chimerical, contingent, doubtful, improbable, problematical, unexpected, unlikely
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
threatening
Synonyms:
menacing, intimidating, minatory, comminatory, minacious, foreboding, unpromising, imminent, impendingAntonyms:
encouraging, promising, reassuring, enticing, passed, overpast, withdrawn
Princeton's WordNet
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"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"
Synonyms:
grim, inauspicious, sullen, minacious, baneful, lowering, black, baleful, dark, sinister, heavy, minatory, dour, ominous, menacing, ill, forbidding, threateningAntonyms:
unalarming, clearheavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective
darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky"
Synonyms:
ominous, laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, forbidding, with child(p), sound, dark, wakeless, dense, grueling, dour, heavy(p), threatening, grave, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), baleful, clayey, enceinte, minatory, menacing, grievous, glowering, fleshy, sour, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, saturnine, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, moody, morose, punishing, glum, gravid, big(p), minacious, lowering, leaden, sinisterAntonyms:
unalarming, clear
Dictionary of English Synonymes
threateningadjective
threateningnoun
Synonyms:
commination, threat, denunciation, menace
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
threateningadjective
Synonyms:
imminent, ominous, impending, minatory, fulminating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "threatening":
threat, menacing, threatens, threaten, threatened, endangering, threat-related, threats, jeopardizing, jeopardising, menace
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#596 | hard | |
#803 | sound | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#3891 | threat | |
#4320 | ill | |
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#8065 | grave | |
#9770 | dense | |
#9902 | threatening | |
#11321 | profound | |
#11990 | moody | |
#12027 | sour | |
#12580 | lowering | |
#13701 | threaten | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15548 | threatens | |
#15613 | overweight | |
#17402 | imminent | |
#19164 | menace | |
#19559 | sinister | |
#22537 | impending | |
#28829 | intimidating | |
#31860 | ominous | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#38830 | fleshy | |
#38946 | expectant | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#40726 | menacing | |
#40798 | arduous | |
#42416 | forbidding | |
#48372 | endangering | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#51185 | impenetrable | |
#52469 | labored | |
#52801 | grueling | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#67720 | jeopardizing | |
#68728 | dour | |
#71019 | lumbering | |
#71424 | foreboding | |
#76396 | clayey | |
#77107 | glum | |
#77629 | sonorous | |
#78731 | ponderous | |
#84783 | laboured | |
#86369 | morose | |
#90856 | gruelling | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#127101 | intemperate | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#137636 | enceinte | |
#137695 | inauspicious | |
#145397 | gravid | |
#159032 | jeopardising | |
#167565 | unpromising | |
#183574 | backbreaking | |
#186740 | saturnine | |
#195687 | glowering | |
#218887 | toilsome |
How to use THREATENING in a sentence?
One thing is clear, Israel is not threatening the annihilation of any country.
Life-threatening storm surge is possible along portions of the Florida Gulf Coast regardless of the storm's exact track or intensity, well-built framed homes may incur major damage or removal of roof decking and gable ends. Many trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking numerous roads. Electricity and water will be unavailable for several days to weeks after the storm passes.
Hurricane Delta is a dangerous storm that will bring strong winds, heavy rain, life-threatening storm surge and flooding to coastal Louisiana, and I am hopeful President Trump will quickly approve my request for a federal emergency declaration.
I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life, please tell them whatever Christian Cooper like.
Mourners chant slogans against the U.S. during the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( AP) In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarks that the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. His comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Mourners step over a U.S. flags with pictures of President Trump while waiting for the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday( AP) SOLEIMANI FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Qassem Soleimani funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting.
Translations for THREATENING
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- مهددArabic
- amenaçadorCatalan, Valencian
- drohendGerman
- απειλητικόςGreek
- amenazadorSpanish
- uhkaavaFinnish
- menaçantFrench
- truendeNorwegian
- ameaçadorPortuguese
- amenințătorRomanian
- угрожа́ющийRussian
- đe dọaVietnamese
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