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threatsome

threatsome adjective: characterised or marked by threat; threatening.

Adjective

threatsome (comparative more threatsome, superlative most threatsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by threat; threatening
    • The second act depicts the deadly combat of Be-a-Wolf and Grumble, a loathly, threatsome monster in red burlaps, and ended in the utter overthrow of the power of evil with no perceptible effort on Be-a-Wolf's part.1903, The Vassar Miscellany, volume 33
    • The clouds shut in once more, and a threatsome wind stirred the trees, and Fayre gave over his song and raced back to town out of the weather that was beginning to happen.1929, Maristan Chapman, Homeplace

Forms of threatsome

comparativemore threatsome
superlativemost threatsome

Origin of threatsome

From threat + -some.

Questions about threatsome

What does threatsome mean?
Threatsome means characterised or marked by threat; threatening.
What part of speech is threatsome?
Threatsome is an adjective.

Words near threatsome in the dictionary

  1. threatnings
  2. threatproof
  3. threats
  4. threatscape
  5. threatscapes
  6. threatsome
  7. threatspot
  8. threatspots
  9. Threatt
  10. Threatts
  11. threave

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