threatening

VerbAdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

//ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ//
//ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ//
//ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ//
//ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ//

Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.

Verb

1
Auch eine Form von threatenpresent participle and gerund of threaten

Herkunft

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

Adjektiv

1
Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
2
Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.

Substantiv

1
An act of threatening; a threat.
And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.
In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.

Herkunft

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

Formen

Plural: threatenings
Komparativ: more threatening
Superlativ: most threatening

Threat · A surname.threaten · To make a threat against someone; to use threats.threatened · At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

threatening · Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.

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