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threatensome

threatensome adjective: characterised by threat or threatening.

Adjective

threatensome (comparative more threatensome, superlative most threatensome)

  1. (dialectal) Characterised by threat or threatening.
    • To be sure, the weather had looked "a bit threatensome," but every self-respecting woman had defied the elements in a much beribboned and befeathered head-gear.1902, Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 105, page 471
    • The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion.1925, Arthur Bernard Cook, Zeus, page 712

Forms of threatensome

comparativemore threatensome
superlativemost threatensome

Origin of threatensome

From threaten + -some.

Questions about threatensome

What does threatensome mean?
Threatensome means characterised by threat or threatening.
What part of speech is threatensome?
Threatensome is an adjective.

Words near threatensome in the dictionary

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

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