What does Threatening mean?
Definitions for Threatening
ˈθrɛt n ɪŋthreat·en·ing
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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"
heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective
darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky"
Wiktionary
threateningnoun
An act of threatening; a threat.
threateningadjective
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
Wikipedia
threatening
A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control. The act of intimidation for coercion is considered as a threat. Threatening or threatening behavior (or criminal threatening behavior) is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of bodily injury. "Threat of harm generally involves a perception of injury...physical or mental damage...act or instance of injury, or a material and detriment or loss to a person."Some of the more common types of threats forbidden by law are those made with an intent to obtain a monetary advantage or to compel a person to act against their will. In most US states, it is an offense to threaten to (1) use a deadly weapon on another person; (2) injure another's person or property; or (3) injure another's reputation.
ChatGPT
threatening
Threatening refers to the expression or implication of intention to inflict harm, danger or others form of unpleasantness on someone. This can be in the form of physical violence, emotional manipulation, or any other action perceived as harmful or negative towards the recipient.
Webster Dictionary
Threatening
of Threaten
Threatening
a. & n. from Threaten, v
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Threatening in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Threatening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Threatening in a Sentence
With climate change, habitat loss and diseases, koalas are just facing too many threats, those fires are just one of the many things threatening them so we really need to be better at protecting them.
We need a moderate Democrat, and we probably need a white male because that is not threatening to a lot of people, if we go too far left, we're going to lose.
Non-communicable diseases are a silent killer and often overlooked during times of armed conflict, if you look at Yemen, Syria, Iraq and beyond, thousands will remain with life-threatening illnesses if they are not able to receive essential medical supplies such as insulin to treat diabetes.
Our analysts indicate that they remain very much in a threatening position, and the fact remains right now Russia has more than 150,000 troops encircling Ukraine and Belarus and along Ukraine's border.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:
The threat to our nation and our American way of life has not diminished, in fact, the threat has metastasized and decentralized, and the risk is as threatening today as it was that September morning almost 16 years ago.
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- مهددArabic
- amenaçadorCatalan, Valencian
- drohendGerman
- απειλητικόςGreek
- amenazadorSpanish
- uhkaavaFinnish
- menaçantFrench
- truendeNorwegian
- ameaçadorPortuguese
- amenințătorRomanian
- угрожа́ющийRussian
- đe dọaVietnamese
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