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menacing

adjective

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 1)

- 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:

• Similar to: ↑alarming

• Derivationally related forms: ↑omen (for: ↑ominous), ↑balefulness (for: ↑baleful)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.