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
This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change, californians shouldn't have to worry if our cars are giving our kids asthma. Our cars shouldn't make wildfires worse — and create more days filled with smoky air. Cars shouldn't melt glaciers or raise sea levels threatening our cherished beaches and coastlines.
Officers are always faced on a day-to-day basis with dangerous situations like that and at times where they have to make split-second decisions where they’re in a potential life-threatening situation.
We had a murderous dictator, Gadhafi, who had American blood on his hands, as I'm sure you remember, threatening to massacre large numbers of the Libyan people, we had our closest allies in Europe burning up the phone lines begging us to help them try to prevent what they saw as a mass genocide, in their words. And we had the Arabs standing by our side saying, 'We want you to help us deal with Gadhafi.'.
He was waving for other motorcyclist to come towards us. He was yelling at us, and he was threatening us, you can tell that he was screaming profanities at us, and he was also making gestures, slitting a throat gesture.
Our crew immediately consulted with a MedLink physician on the ground who provided guidance throughout the incident and assured our crew that it was not a life-threatening matter.
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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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