Threatening Synonyms and Antonyms

To impend
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overhanging
  2. endangering
  3. looming
  4. menacing
  5. advancing
  6. lowering
  7. approaching
  8. brewing
  9. imperiling
Antonyms:
  1. overcoming
  2. seizing
  3. happening
To give warning signs of (impending peril)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. forewarning
  2. foreboding

Words Related to Threatening

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Threatening Sentence Examples

  • Her eyes burned with threatening tears.

  • It's a relationship threatening to sink our ship.

  • And Uncle Nicholas stood before them in a stern and threatening attitude.

  • It was this exemption, threatening the very foundations of the Mussulman government, that finally led to a rupture with the nawab.

  • The ATV climbed over large rocks, threatening to unseat them both at any moment.

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