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I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law and criminal procedure, and respecting juries. Because they do work hard. They work way harder than I do; and they work way harder than the rest of those people making those peanut gallery comments.
Ashleigh Banfield

Meaning of "threatening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THREATENING

threatening  [ˈθrɛtənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THREATENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Threatening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THREATENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

threatening

Threat

A threat is an act of coercion wherein an act is proposed to elicit a negative response. It is a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. It can be a crime in many jurisdictions. Threat is widely seen in animals, particularly in a ritualized form, chiefly in order to avoid the unnecessary physical violence that can lead to physical damage or death of both conflicting parties. Some of the more common types of threats forbidden by law are those made with an intent to obtain a pecuniary advantage or to compel a person to act against his or her will. In all states, it is an offense to threaten to use a deadly weapon on another person; injure another's person or property; or injure another's reputation.

Definition of threatening in the English dictionary

The definition of threatening in the dictionary is causing fear; menacing. Other definition of threatening is containing threats or menacing warnings.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THREATENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
battening
ˈbætənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
disheartening
dɪsˈhɑːtənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
heartening
ˈhɑːtənɪŋ
life-threatening
ˈlaɪfθretənɪŋ
lightening
ˈlaɪtənɪŋ
nonfattening
ˌnɒnˈfætənɪŋ
nonthreatening
ˌnɒnˈθrɛtənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
patterning
ˈpætənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
shortening
ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ
sweetening
ˈswiːtənɪŋ
tightening
ˈtaɪtənɪŋ
unenlightening
ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənɪŋ
unthreatening
ʌnˈθretənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THREATENING

threadfin
threadier
threadiest
threadiness
threadless
threadlike
threadmaker
Threadneedle Street
threads
threadworm
thready
threap
threaper
threat
threaten
threatened
threatener
threatening behaviour
threateningly
threatful

WORDS THAT END LIKE THREATENING

awakening
beginning
christening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
fastening
frightening
good evening
grand opening
hardening
intervening
listening
screening
sharpening
strengthening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of threatening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THREATENING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «threatening» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of threatening

Translation of «threatening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THREATENING

Find out the translation of threatening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of threatening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «threatening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胁迫的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amenazador
570 millions of speakers

English

threatening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धमकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَهْدِيدِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угрожающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ameaçador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাসানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

menaçant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengancam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drohend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脅すような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위협적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anceman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đe dọa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சுறுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धमकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tehdit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minaccioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

groźny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загрозливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amenințător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απειλητικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dreig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hotfull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

truende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of threatening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THREATENING»

The term «threatening» is very widely used and occupies the 11.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THREATENING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «threatening» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «threatening» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about threatening

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10 QUOTES WITH «THREATENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word threatening.
1
Dianna Agron
Sometimes there are paparazzi that take photos and you don't know they're there. So you're laughing, kicking up your heels and doing silly things. You don't even realize it. And then there's other times where they're two feet away from your face and it's invasive and it feels threatening, so you don't want to be smiling.
2
Joe Arpaio
I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.
3
Ashleigh Banfield
I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law and criminal procedure, and respecting juries. Because they do work hard. They work way harder than I do; and they work way harder than the rest of those people making those peanut gallery comments.
4
Ashleigh Banfield
Stop threatening to kill people on Twitter because you don't like what they are saying!
5
Candice Bergen
Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
6
Kate Braverman
Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
7
Gro Harlem Brundtland
That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.
8
Conrad Burns
They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.
9
Wesley Clark
The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa.
10
Ray Dalio
When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very threatening.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THREATENING»

Discover the use of threatening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to threatening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness: ...
Here are honest insights and personal stories from a pastor who continues his own journey with ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease).
Ed Dobson, 2007
2
Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness As a Soul Journey
This is a book for any person who is living with a life-threatening illness and for anyone who is caring for and/or loves a person who is ill.
Jean Shinoda Bolen, 2007
3
Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, ...
Key Features CRAFT is more effective than other types of interventions. This breakthrough new system is sweeping the recovery field. This is its first introduction to the general public.
Robert J. Meyers, Brenda L. Wolfe, 2013
4
Identifying Threats and Threatening Identities: The Social ...
"This book is the single best example of the productive and imaginative combination of methodological approaches in IR I have ever seen.
David L. Rousseau, 2006
5
Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 ...
This is the first attempt to chart new theoretical directions in the study of Polish-Jewish relations in the wake of the controversy over Jan Gross's book Neighbors.
Joanna B. Michlic, 2006
6
Counseling Individuals with Life Threatening Illness, Second ...
New to This Edition: Generational differences as a source of diversity Expanded sections involving meaning-making strategies (dignity-enhancement therapy, living eulogies, reminiscence therapy, life review, meaning-centered therapy, ...
Kenneth J. Doka PhD, 2013
7
Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures : A ...
With contributions from forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, profilers, and current and former law enforcement professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in ...
Department of Psychiatry University of California J. Reid Meloy Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry Heriot Watt University Lorraine Sheridan Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Scotland, Centre for Forensic Psychology Jens Hoffmann Researcher, Team Psychology and Security University of Darmstadt, 2008
8
The Threatening Storm: What Every American Needs to Know ...
From the Hardcover edition.
Kenneth Pollack, 2003
9
Threatening Others: Nicaraguans and the Formation of ...
This book explores the construction of the 'other' in Costa Rican imagery & considers the role of national identification in modern societies.
Carlos Sandoval García, 2004
10
Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal
Provides a complete and socially and politically contextualised survey of Roman verse satire.
Kirk Freudenburg, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THREATENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term threatening is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cop caught on dash cam threatening to 'blow a hole' through driver's …
A Medford police detective has been placed on administrative leave after he was caught on video threatening to “blow a hole through your f---ing head” while ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
2
Nashua man charged with criminal threatening
... said a Nashua man was arrested and charged with criminal threatening on ... a firearm at a woman and her 16-year-old daughter, threatening to shoot them. «WMUR Manchester, Jul 15»
3
Two Suffer Life Threatening Injuries During Home Invasion
Police aren't giving much information at this time but they did tell LEX 18 that both victims are being treated for life-threatening injuries. One victim was airlifted to ... «LEX18 Lexington KY News, Jul 15»
4
AC/DC's Phil Rudd sentenced to 8 months HOME detention for …
Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has escaped jail and instead has been sentenced to eight months' home detention for threatening to kill and drug charges. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Defendant: Judge left 'threatening' voicemail
“It seems clear that it's threatening,” said Mallery's attorney Josh Blanchard. “He [Post] doesn't know why this person failed to appear for court yet. He doesn't ... «WOODTV.com, Jun 15»
6
The Supreme Court Tackles 'Threatening' Speech, and Strikes...
Among the people whom Elonis had allegedly “threatened” to “injure” were his ex-wife (“Did you know that it's illegal for me to say I want to kill my wife? «National Review Online, Jun 15»
7
Life-Threatening Flooding in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex …
Life-Threatening Flooding in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Submerges Cars. By Eric Zerkel and Sean Breslin. Published May 29 2015 07:47 PM EDT. weather. «The Weather Channel, May 15»
8
Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
On May 11, Justin Way was drinking and threatening to hurt himself. His father, George Way, said his son was a recovering alcoholic and had been alcohol-free ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
9
Man suffers life-threatening injuries after shooting in Mississauga
TORONTO – Peel police are investigating after a man was seriously injured following a shooting at an auto shop in Mississauga overnight. The incident ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
10
Baltimore officer Brian Rice accused of threatening to kill ex …
The Baltimore police lieutenant charged with the manslaughter of Freddie Gray was accused of threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend several years before allegedly ... «The Guardian, May 15»

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