threatening
threatening is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv. Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- ban
- bark
- big
- bluster
- bully
- clinch
- commination
- comminatory
- curse
- defiance
- defiant
- defy
- denunciation
- double
- fist
- fulminate
- fulmination
- gathering
- gnarl
- growl
- hold
- intimidate
- intimidation
- keep
- look
- menace
- minacious
- minacity
- minatory
- mutter
- ominous
- out
- peril
- shake
- snarl
- stare
- talk
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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