threateningly
In intimidating manner
In a manner that conveys a threat or menace.
Someone who speaks threateningly implies harm or unpleasant consequences: He leaned in threateningly.
Weather or situations can also develop threateningly, suggesting danger ahead: Storm clouds gathered threateningly on the horizon.
Staring with displeasure
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
advancing · growling · snarling · gesturing · brandishing · scowling · fierce · stern
glowering
Staring with displeasure
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
looming · advancing · growling · snarling · gesturing · brandishing · scowling · fierce · stern · confrontational
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
brooding · rumbling · brewing · portentous · looming · shadowy · eerie · unsettling · chilling · creeping
threateninglyreassuringly
In confidence-restoring fashion
comfortingly · soothingly · encouragingly · consolingly · placatingly
threateninglykindly
Warmly, with goodwill
benevolently · warmly · gently · welcomingly · friendly
threateninglywelcomingly
In a receptive manner
invitingly · openly · harmlessly · peacefully · meekly
- threatening behaviorActions conveying potential harm
- life-threatening diseaseCondition endangering survival
- threatening witnessesCoercing those who observed