The meaning of Threatening

adjective

Giving or conveying a warning or reprimand.

Usage examples:

The sergeant lifted an admonitory finger

noun

An anxious awareness of danger.

Usage examples:

The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

noun

Sudden anxiety and fear, esp. that something very bad or dangerous might happen

Usage examples:

Nicholas detected a note of alarm in her voice., firefighters said the tragedy could have been avoi…

adjective

Worrying or disturbing.

Usage examples:

Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

adjective

Threatening harm; menacing.

Usage examples:

Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction

adjective

Threatening to do something bad or to hurt someone

Usage examples:

He gave me a baleful look., his baleful influence

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

The statue really looked bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

verb

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Usage examples:

The match bullies off at 3 p.m.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

adjective

Serving as a warning.

Usage examples:

A cautionary tale

adjective

Giving a warning

adjective

Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.

Usage examples:

Both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the soviet union

noun

A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.

Usage examples:

A dairy cow

verb

Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.

Usage examples:

The intellectuals had been cowed into silence

noun

Female of domestic cattle

verb

Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.

Usage examples:

He was driving in a manner likely to endanger life

verb

To put someone or something in a situation in which it is likely to be harmed, damaged, or destroyed

Usage examples:

Revealing that information might endanger our national security.

adjective

Frightening, especially in appearance.

Usage examples:

The cat mewed, displaying a fearsome set of teeth

adjective

Frightening

Usage examples:

A fearsome reputation, a fearsome display of violence

adjective

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

Usage examples:

A grim and forbidding building

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

verb

To make someone feel fear

Usage examples:

Be quiet or you’ll frighten the deer., she was too frightened to enter the room alone.

adjective

Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

Usage examples:

A frightening experience

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Making you feel fear

Usage examples:

A frightening situation, my car insurance payments are frightening., his heart rate changed frighte…

verb

Put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.

Usage examples:

They advised against tax increases for fear of imperilling the recovery

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

Compel or deter by or as if by threats

adjective

Having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect.

Usage examples:

The intimidating defence barrister

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

adjective

Making you feel frightened or nervous

Usage examples:

An intimidating array of weapons, an intimidating manner, she can be very intimidating when she's a…

verb

Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.

Usage examples:

A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize new york's position as a financial centre

verb

To cause something to be harmed or damaged, or to put something in danger

Usage examples:

She knew that failing her exams could jeopardize her whole future.

verb

To put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or destroyed

Usage examples:

The rate increase may jeopardize economic recovery.

phrasal verb

Rely on or derive support from someone or something.

Usage examples:

They have learned to lean on each other for support

phrasal verb

Put pressure on someone to act in a certain way.

Usage examples:

A determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority

phrasal verb

To sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support

Usage examples:

He leaned against the wall., she leaned her head on his shoulder., she leaned the brush against the…

noun

A person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.

Usage examples:

A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs

verb

Be a threat or possible danger to.

Usage examples:

Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching

noun

Danger, or someone or something that is likely to cause harm

Usage examples:

[ u ] there was an air of controlled menace about him., [ c ] that boy is a menace to himself and h…

adjective

Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

Usage examples:

Our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers

verb

Be a threat or possible danger to.

Usage examples:

Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching

adjective

Making you think that someone is going to do something bad

Usage examples:

A menacing look/gesture

adjective

Menacing; threatening.

Usage examples:

D' annunzio's in rome, boisterous, warmongering, minacious, getting everyone riled up like a squawk…

adjective

Expressing or conveying a threat.

Usage examples:

He is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-wagging

adjective

Expressing a warning or a threat

Usage examples:

This minatory approach hasn't scared children off hard drugs.

noun

Serious and immediate danger.

Usage examples:

You could well place us both in peril

verb

Expose to danger; threaten.

Usage examples:

Jonathon perilled his life for love of david

noun

Danger, or something that is dangerous

Usage examples:

[ u ] the president said that we are entering a time of great peril.

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

verb

To keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing

Usage examples:

He was pressurized into signing the agreement.

verb

Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.

Usage examples:

I was scared stiff

noun

A sudden attack of fright.

Usage examples:

Gosh, that gave me a scare!

verb

Cause fear in

adjective

Frightening; causing fear.

Usage examples:

A scary movie

adjective

Making you feel frightened

Usage examples:

The idea of surgery was very scary to me.

adjective

Causing extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The terrifying events of the past few weeks

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

adjective

Very frightening

Usage examples:

A terrifying experience/ordeal

verb

Create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror.

Usage examples:

He used his private army to terrorize the population

verb

Coerce by violence or with threats

verb

To make someone feel very frightened by threatening to kill or hurt them

Usage examples:

Street gangs have been terrorizing the neighbourhood.

noun

A statement or event that warns of something or that serves as a cautionary example.

Usage examples:

Police issued a warning about fake £20 notes

verb

Inform someone in advance of a possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation.

Usage examples:

His father had warned him of what might happen

noun

Notice of a possible danger or problem, so that it can be prevented or avoided

Usage examples:

[ c ] flood warnings were issued by the national weather service., [ u ] the earthquake struck with…