threatening
adjective
uk/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ//ˈθret.nɪŋ/us/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ//ˈθret.nɪŋ/expressingathreatof somethingunpleasantorviolent:
威胁（性）的，恐吓（性）的threateningbehaviour恐吓行为
Synonym
menacing
showingthatbadweatherwillprobablyarrivesoon:
As the threateningcloudsapproached, thewindssuddenlyblewup into ablindingsnowstorm.
- Thecenterreceivedtwo threateningphonecallsonThursdayeveningafternewsof the shootings.
- She wasaccusedofstalkingtheactressbyrepeatedlycallingher andsendingthreateninglettersover the past fewmonths.
- Anytimeyoupointagunin someone'sdirectionin a threateningmanner, you'vecommittedanaggravatedassault.
- Mostly hepaintsseascapes-stormywatersmeetingadarkand threateningsky.
Dangers and threats
- balefully
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- hang oversomething
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- hazmat suit
- on/under pain of deathidiom
- or elseidiom
- parlous
- peril
- perilous
- precipice
- someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
- tombstoning
- triple threat
- ultra-hazardous
- venturesome
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Describing bad weather