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threateningly

US pronunciation
American soundthreateningly
threateningly
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Final y vowel sound

threa - te - nin - gly -> threateningly

Myanmar meaning

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threaten /θretn/ v

၁။ (က) ~ sb (with sth) ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ threaten an employee with dismissal ❍ My attacker threatened me with a gun. ❍ threaten sb's life (ie to kill sb).
(ခ) (…ဖြင့်… မည်ဟု) ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ ကြိမ်းဝါးသည်။ He threatened legal action. ❍ The threatened strike has been called off. ❍ The hijackers threatened to kill/ that they would kill all the passengers if their demands were not met.
၂။ အရိပ်လက္ခဏာပေါ်ပေါက်သည်။ အလားအလာ ရှိသည်။ နိမိတ်ပြသည်။ When war threatens, people act irrationally. ❍ a mistake that threatens, to be costly ❍ This dispute threatens to split the party. ❍ The clouds threatened rain.
၃။ ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ (အလားအလာကို) ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသည်။ This dispute is threatening party unity. ❍ a species threatened with extinction.
❏ threatening adj
၁။ ခြိမ်းခြောက်သော။ threatening behaviour/ gestures/ letters.
၂။ (မိုးရွာရန် စသည်) ဟန်ပြင် နေသော။ a threatening sky (ie full of dark clouds).
❏ threateningly adv စားတော့ဝါးတော့မလို အန္တရာယ်ပြုမည့် ဟန်ဖြင့် (စိန်းစိန်းကြည့်သည်)။ glare threateningly.

More examples
  • He’s been threatening me for months.
  • [threaten to do something] : The terrorists are threatening to kill the hostages.
  • [threaten someone with something] : One man has been threatened with legal action.
  • [threaten someone’s life] : My life has been threatened on several occasions.
  • NATO has threatened air strikes against the capital.
  • The cancer that now threatens his life
  • Their actions threaten the stability and security of the region.
  • Many workers feel that their jobs are threatened.
  • [threaten to do something] : Nuclear testing threatens to destroy our environment.
  • Rain was threatening, and it had turned cold.
  • The wildebeest return to the herd when danger threatens.
Synonyms
intimidate, bully, pressure, menace, warn, terrorize, make threats, abuse, admonish, advance, approach, augur, be dangerous, be gathering, be imminent, be in the air, be in the offing, be on the horizon, blackmail, bluster, brewing, browbeat, caution, cloud, come on, comminate, compromise, cow, creep up, endanger, enforce, flex muscles, forebode, foreshadow, forewarn, frighten, fulminate, growl, hang over, hover, impend, imperil, jeopardize, look daggers, loom, lurk, make threat, overhang, portend, presage, pressurize, push around, put at risk, put in jeopardy, scare, scowl, shake fist at, snarl, spook, torment, walk heavy
Antonyms
alleviate, approve, assist, commend, compliment, defend, flatter, guard, help, please, praise, protect, reassure, relieve, save
Cross references
intimidatebullypressuremenacewarnterrorizemake threatsabuseadmonishadvanceapproachaugurbe dangerousbe gatheringbe imminentbe in the airbe in the offingbe on the horizonblackmailblusterbrewingbrowbeatcautioncloudcome oncomminatecompromisecow
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