Antonyms for threatening

Grammar : Adj

Spell : thret-n-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈθrɛt n ɪŋ

Definition of threatening

Origin : Old English þreatnian (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.

adj menacing, ominous

Example sentences :

The official's voice was charged with threatening as he went on.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

But it settled down again, black and threatening, before spring came.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

The political controversy, however fierce and threatening, is only for power.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

And so the report came to me that the workers were threatening strike.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

It was some moments before, under the girl's threatening eyes, she could speak at all.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

No harm seemed to come of it, while the noises the gods made were certainly not threatening.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Here was no meat, nothing but a threatening and inedible silence.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

It was the hush of portent, the hush of watchfulness, the hush of a threatening tension.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

The mob was now threatening; every moment the peril was increasing.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

He stood there with darkening face, an obstinate, almost a threatening figure.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Synonyms for threatening

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