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21threatening — Synonyms and related words: about to be, abusive, alarming, already in sight, apocalyptic, approaching, at hand, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bludgeoning, blustering, bodeful, boding, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, close, close at… …
22threatening — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. alarming, menacing, dangerous, aggressive, intimidating; see also ominous , sinister , unsafe . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. intimidating, menacing, terrorizing, frightening, scary, sinister, ominous, impending,… …
23threatening — threat·en·ing || θretnɪŋ adj. intimidating, endangering threat·en || θretn v. intimidate, endanger …
24threatening — I. a. 1. Menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory. 2. Impending, impendent, imminent. II. n. Commination, threat, denunciation, menace, menacing …
25threatening — adj menacing, frightening, terrifying, intimidating, minacious; dangerous, perilous, hazardous, risky, chancy; looming, imminent, in the air, in the offing, in the wings, pending, impending, portending, boding, foreboding, ominous, lowering …
26Criminal threatening — is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of imminent bodily injury. There is no legal definition in English law as to what constitutes criminal threatening behaviour, so it is up to the courts to decide on a case… …
27life-threatening — ADJ: oft adv ADJ If someone has a life threatening illness or is in a life threatening situation, there is a strong possibility that the illness or the situation will kill them. Anything but a rigorous approach is potentially life threatening to… …
28The Threatening Bears — are two wombat hand puppets that appeared on the short lived ABC TV comedy program The Sideshow. They are very aggressive and always hurt their friends. The most common friend to appear is the Koala who is most often hurt. Another friend who… …
29life-threatening — life .threatening adj a life threatening situation, illness, or injury could cause a person to die →↑fatal …
30non-threatening — adj not making someone feel afraid or worried ▪ It is important to create a safe, non threatening environment for children …
