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threateningness

threateningness noun: the quality of being threatening, presenting or making a threat.

Noun

threateningness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being threatening, presenting or making a threat.
    Synonyms:
    minaciousness

Synonyms of threateningness

Antonyms

Origin of threateningness

From threatening + -ness.

Questions about threateningness

What does threateningness mean?
Threateningness means the quality of being threatening, presenting or making a threat.
What part of speech is threateningness?
Threateningness is a noun.

Words near threateningness in the dictionary

  1. threatenest
  2. threateneth
  3. threatenin'
  4. threatening
  5. threateningly
  6. threateningness
  7. threatenings
  8. threatens
  9. threatensome
  10. threatest
  11. threatful

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