Meanings
comparative more threateningly · superlative most threateningly
- In a threatening manner.
He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?
1 more example
As the beasts surrounded her, chattering threateningly the while they goaded her with their cudgels and beat and kicked her with their fists and feet, she lay with closed eyes, praying for the merciful death that she knew alone could give her surcease from suffering[.]
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194Synonyms: minaciously
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a threatening manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a menacing manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan amenaçadorament
- amenaçadoramentIn a threatening manner
Finnish uhkaavasti
- uhkaavastiIn a threatening manner
Italian minacciosamente
- minacciosamenteIn a threatening manner
Polish arcygroźnie
- arcygroźnieIn a threatening manner
Portuguese ameaçadoramente
- ameaçadoramenteIn a threatening manner
Spanish amenazadoramente
- amenazadoramenteIn a threatening manner
Cite this entry
threateningly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threateningly
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