threatening

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.

   Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.

2. 2
   noun

   An act of threatening; a threat.

   And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.

3. 3
   adj

   threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

4. 4
   adj

   darkened by clouds

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of threaten

6. 6
   adj

   Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.

Etymology

From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing.