threatening

threatening is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Threaten. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Threaten
2. a. & n. from Threaten, v.
3. adjective. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

   "a baleful look"

   "forbidding thunderclouds"

   Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister

4. adjective. darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

   Synonyms: heavy, lowering, sullen

Synonyms

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, heavy, lowering, sullen

Common word forms

threaten, threateningly, threateningness

Words from these letters

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