threatening

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• thrĕt′ənĭŋ
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From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.

From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: пагража́льны (pahražálʹny) — presenting a threat
• Belarusian: пагро́злівы (pahrózlivy) — presenting a threat
• Bulgarian: заплашителен (zaplašitelen) — presenting a threat
• Catalan: amenaçador — presenting a threat
• Chinese Mandarin: 威脅的 /威胁的 (wēixié de) — presenting a threat
• Finnish: uhkaava — presenting a threat
• French: menaçant — presenting a threat
• German: drohend — presenting a threat
• Greek: απειλητικός (apeilitikós) — presenting a threat
• Ancient Greek: ἀπειλητικός (apeilētikós) — presenting a threat
• Latin: minax — presenting a threat
• Latin: minitābundus — presenting a threat
• Macedonian: закану́вачки (zakanúvački) — presenting a threat
• Māori: hākiwakiwa — presenting a threat
• Māori: pōkerekere — presenting a threat
• Māori: pōrukuruku — presenting a threat
• Māori: whakawetiweti — presenting a threat
• Māori: whakawehiwehi — presenting a threat
• Māori: whakahakahaka — presenting a threat
• Māori: takareko — presenting a threat
• Māori: paroro — presenting a threat
• Norwegian Bokmål: truende — presenting a threat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trugande — presenting a threat
• Plautdietsch: dreiwent — presenting a threat
• Polish: arcygroźny — presenting a threat
• Portuguese: ameaçador — presenting a threat
• Romanian: amenințător — presenting a threat
• Russian: угрожа́ющий (ugrožájuščij) — presenting a threat
• Swedish: hotfull — presenting a threat
• Ukrainian: загро́зливий (zahrózlyvyj) — presenting a threat
• Ukrainian: погро́зливий (pohrózlyvyj) — presenting a threat