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Threatening
Threatening
threat·en·ing
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
intimidate or frighten in a hostile manner;
e.g. He was threatening her with the recent secret he found out about her family.
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Baleful
Bare-knuckle
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Dire
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Doomy
Foreboding
Gathering
Grave
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Ill
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Millenarian
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Hopeful
Late
Nondestructive
Nonfatal
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Promising
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Safe
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Alarming
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Chance
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Cimmerian
Cloudy
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Coming
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Menacing
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