Threatful

//ˈθɹɛtfəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Threatening.

    "Then he with all his puissance doth striue / To strike his oares, and mightily doth driue / The hollow vessell through the threatfull waue […]"

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abusiveblusteringfear inspiringforebodingimminentintimidating

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"Then he with all his puissance doth striue / To strike his oares, and mightily doth driue / The hollow vessell through the threatfull waue […]"

Etymology

From threat + -ful.

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