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Synonyms for threatening

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Synonyms for threatening

expressing, indicating, or warning of an impending danger or misfortune

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Synonyms for threatening

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

darkened by clouds

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The reasons why he was threatening to commit suicide are still unclear.
He pled guilty to sending threatening messages on December 18 to his ex-partner's new boyfriend, sending the nude images to two men on December 18 and 19 and threatening to distribute and post online the intimate photographs.
On June 12, Reddy complained to police here that on May 20 he had received two threatening calls on his mobile.
but threatening somebody is," he said in an interview with reporters at the Palace.
'If you are threatening the President to do some sort of action and then you threaten him with an impeachment complaint, the mere fact that you are threatening the highest official of the land, the mere fact that its a threat, if it goes to the realm of threatening then it may be criminal in nature,' he said.
During the texts and voicemails, 33-year-old West made grossly offensive remarks before threatening to kill himself as well as repeatedly threatening to murder him and threatening to murder his family.
An elderly widow on Thursday appealed to a Siaya court to save her from the wrath of her stepdaughter who has persistently been threatening to kill her.
Lahore -- A woman lodged complain against the unknown men for assaulting, humiliating and threatening in the broad day light.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "Officers are today releasing a CCTV image following a report of threatening behaviour on board a train in Wales.
A man has been accused of shouting and swearing and threatening violence towards another in Gretna and calling him"a grass".
Islamabad police registered a case against a man for threatening and beating a woman in a video which went viral on social media, a local news outlet reported on Friday.
However, he did not reveal the names of those threatening anti-graft bureau.
The statistics, based on a poll of more than 1,600 practising members, highlighted that while around half of vets have felt personally intimidated, support staff such as receptionists often bore the brunt of pet owners' threatening behaviour.