LekhoriLekhoripresent participle and gerund of threaten
Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
An act of threatening; a threat.
And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
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