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Definition of threatening

"threatening" in the verb sense

1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril

pose a threat to present a danger to

"The pollution is endangering the crops"

2. threaten

to utter intentions of injury or punishment against

"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

3. threaten

to be a menacing indication of something

"The clouds threaten rain"

"Danger threatens"

"threatening" in the adjective sense

1. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

"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"

2. heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening

darkened by clouds

"a heavy sky"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for threatening

A sturdy oak, which nature forms
To brave a hundred winter's storms.
While round its head the whirlwinds blow.
Remains with root infix'd below:
When fell'd to earth, a ship it sails
Through dashing waves and driving gales
And now at sea, again defies
The threatening clouds and howling skies. [ Hoole ]

When Fortune means to men most good,
She looks upon them with a threatening eye. [ William Shakespeare ]

Myself am hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threatening to devour me, opens wide;
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven. [ Milton ]

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threatening in Scrabble®

The word threatening is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters threatening:

THREATENING

(144)

THREATENING

(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

antigen, arenite, earning, earthen, eighter, entrain, entrant, entreat, gentian, granite, grantee, greaten, hairnet, hatting, hearing, hearten, heating, ingrate, integer, iterate, nattier, nearing, neither, netting, nitrate, nitrene, ranting, ratting, reagent, regnant, rehinge, renting, tangent, tangier, tearing, tentage, tentier, tenting, ternate, theater, theatre, thereat, therein, thinner, tighten, tighter, trainee, treeing, triaene

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THREATENING

(144)

THREATENING

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(96)

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threatening in Words With Friends™

The word threatening is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters threatening:

THREATENING

(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word threatening

THREATENING

(207)

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THREATENING

(207)

THREATENING

(189)

THREATENING

(189)

THREATENING

(126)

THREATENING

(114)

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TANGENT

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TANGIER

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THREATENING

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Words within the letters of threatening

2 letter words in threatening (15 words)

ag ah ai an ar at eh en ha he hi in it re ta

3 letter words in threatening (39 words)

age air ant are art ate ear eat era erg eta gee get gin hag hat hen her het hit inn ire nag net nit rag ran rat rig tag tan tar tea tee ten tet the tie tin

4 letter words in threatening (56 words)

5 letter words in threatening (68 words)

6 letter words in threatening (59 words)

7 letter words in threatening (49 words)

8 letter words in threatening (15 words)

aigrette antigene earthing entering gnathite gnattier heritage herniate inherent internet intranet teething thirteen threaten treating

9 letter words in threatening (12 words)

antherine argentine argentite entertain integrate nattering reheating renetting retighten tangerine tethering tightener

10 letter words in threatening (2 words)

entreating heartening

11 letter words in threatening (1 word)

threatening

threatening + 1 blank (1 word)

threatenings

threatening + 2 blanks (2 words)

threateningly unthreatening

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Words containing the sequence threatening

Words that start with threatening (3 words)

threatening threateningly threatenings

Words with threatening in them (2 words)

threatening nonthreateningly

Words that end with threatening (4 words)

lifethreatening nonthreatening threatening unthreatening

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Word Growth involving threatening

Shorter words in threatening

at ate eaten threaten

at eat eaten threaten

en ten eaten threaten

at eat threat threaten

re threat threaten

Longer words containing threatening

lifethreatening

nonthreatening nonthreateningly

threateningly nonthreateningly

threatenings

unthreatening