How to pronounce “threatening”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of threaten
• [Adjective]
• Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
• Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
• [Noun]
• An act of threatening; a threat.

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