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threatenings

threatenings is the plural of threatening.

Meaning of threatening

Noun

threatening (countable and uncountable, plural threatenings)

  1. An act of threatening; a threat.
    • And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts iiij:[29], folio clix, recto

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Questions about threatenings

What is threatenings the plural of?
Threatenings is the plural of threatening.

Words near threatenings in the dictionary

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

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