threatening
1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 2) - a baleful look - forbidding thunderclouds - his tone became menacing - ominous rumblings of discontent - sinister storm clouds - a sinister smile - his threatening behavior - ugly black clouds - the situation became ugly • Syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister • Similar to: alarming • Derivationally related forms: omen (for: ominous), balefulness (for: baleful) 2. darkened by clouds - a heavy sky • Syn: heavy, lowering, sullen • Similar to: cloudy • Derivationally related forms: sullenness (for: sullen)
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