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threatening

English

Alternative forms

  • threatning (obsolete)

Etymology

From threaten +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thr?t??n??, IPA(key): /????t.n?.??/
  • Hyphenation: threat?en?ing

Verb

threatening

  1. present participle of threaten

Adjective

threatening (comparative more threatening, superlative most threatening)

  1. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

threatening (countable and uncountable, plural threatenings)

  1. An act of threatening; a threat.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
      And nowe lorde beholde their threatenynges, and graunte unto thy servauntes wyth all confydence to speake thy worde.
    • 1859-1895, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
      The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently […]

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demanding

English

Etymology

From demand +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??m??nd??/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??mænd??/
  • Rhymes: -??nd??, -ænd??

Adjective

demanding (comparative more demanding, superlative most demanding)

  1. Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:bossy

Translations

Verb

demanding

  1. present participle of demand

Anagrams

  • maddening

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