threatening
verbeadjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ//
- //ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ//
- //ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ//
- //ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ//
Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
verbe
- 1
Aussi une forme de threatenpresent participle and gerund of threaten
Étymologie
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
adjectif
- 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.
nom
- 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.
Étymologie
From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
Formes
- pluriel
- threatenings
- comparatif
- more threatening
- superlatif
- most threatening
threatening · Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
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