threatening
Pronunciation: /ˈθrɛtnɪŋ/
adjective
- having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner: her mother had received a threatening letter
- Law (of behaviour) showing an intention to cause bodily harm: Taylor was in custody on a charge of threatening behaviour
- causing someone to feel vulnerable or at risk: she was a type he found threatening
- (of weather conditions) indicating that bad weather is likely: black threatening clouds
