Associations to the word «Threatening»

Wiktionary

THREATENING, verb. Present participle of threaten
THREATENING, adjective. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
THREATENING, noun. An act of threatening; a threat.

Dictionary definition

THREATENING, adjective. 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".
THREATENING, adjective. Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats