English adjective: threatening | |||
1. | threatening threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister | ||
Similar | alarming | ||
Antonyms | unalarming | ||
2. | threatening darkened by clouds | ||
Samples | A heavy sky. | ||
Synonyms | heavy, lowering, sullen | ||
Similar | cloudy | ||
Antonyms | clear | ||