Threatening (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dark and stormy weather was threatening throughout the entire day.
- His tone became threatening when I asked him to leave the party.
- The villagers believed the old mansion on the hill was threatening, with its crumbling spires and turrets.
- As the economy worsened, the newspaper headlines grew increasingly threatening.
- Her silence was more threatening than an angry outburst would have been.