threatening

  • (s) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    • 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
    menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, baleful, forbidding,
  • (s) darkened by clouds
    • a heavy sky
    lowering, sullen, heavy,

Synonyms

menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister baleful forbidding lowering sullen heavy

Words of close approximity

threateningly