threatening: Meaning and Definition of

threat•en•ing

Pronunciation: (thret'n-ing), [key]
— adj.
  1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  2. causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds.
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