threateningn.

/ˈθrɛt(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: formed as threaten v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of threaten v.; menacing; also, an instance of this, a threat.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun]

threatc1000

threating1046

threateningc1290

menacec1300

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shore1487

interminationa1530

minacitya1538

shoring1573

menacement1606

minacy1645

peril1892

Mau Mau1970

mau-mauing1970

c1290 St. Kenelm 242 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 352 So gret þretningue for him heo made.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds iv. 29 And now, Lord, biholde in to the thretnyngis [c1384 E.V. thretingis] of hem.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xvi. 46 By thretnyng he shal also fraye hem.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. vij^v The said kyng..menaced theym with sore thretenynges.

1611 Bible (King James) Eph. vi. 9 Doe the same things vnto them, forbearing threatning .

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 57 The Spaniards despising their Threatning.

1865–6 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 12 The threatenings of war were then only heard at a distance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

threateningadj.

Etymology: formed as threaten v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthreatening.

That threatens; conveying or indicating a threat or menace; portending some impending evil.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective]

ticklec1325

boastful1382

threatinga1400

menacing?a1439

louringa1450

shoring1513

threatening1530

minatory1532

threatful?1567

minanta1657

minacious1660

menaceful1742

minitant1854

minitabund1890

1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 83 Gevyng hym many thretenyng and opprobryous words.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone (1674) 287 With threatning countenances they said [etc.].

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 51 If Tilly did but write a threatning Letter.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. vii. 194 There muster yonder in the west some threatening clouds.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 118 The fever is high, and the condition of the patient is threatening.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	threatening
释义	threateningn. /ˈθrɛt(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: formed as threaten v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of threaten v.; menacing; also, an instance of this, a threat. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] threatc1000 threating1046 threateningc1290 menacec1300 menacingc1385 shore1487 interminationa1530 minacitya1538 shoring1573 menacement1606 minacy1645 peril1892 Mau Mau1970 mau-mauing1970 c1290 St. Kenelm 242 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 352 So gret þretningue for him heo made. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds iv. 29 And now, Lord, biholde in to the thretnyngis [c1384 E.V. thretingis] of hem. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xvi. 46 By thretnyng he shal also fraye hem. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. vij^v The said kyng..menaced theym with sore thretenynges. 1611 Bible (King James) Eph. vi. 9 Doe the same things vnto them, forbearing threatning . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 57 The Spaniards despising their Threatning. 1865–6 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 12 The threatenings of war were then only heard at a distance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). threateningadj. Etymology: formed as threaten v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthreatening. That threatens; conveying or indicating a threat or menace; portending some impending evil. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] ticklec1325 boastful1382 threatinga1400 menacing?a1439 louringa1450 shoring1513 threatening1530 minatory1532 threatful?1567 minanta1657 minacious1660 menaceful1742 minitant1854 minitabund1890 1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 83 Gevyng hym many thretenyng and opprobryous words. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone (1674) 287 With threatning countenances they said [etc.]. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 51 If Tilly did but write a threatning Letter. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. vii. 194 There muster yonder in the west some threatening clouds. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 118 The fever is high, and the condition of the patient is threatening. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1290adj.1530
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