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threatensome

adj

Etymology

From threaten + -some.

  1. inherited from þrēatnian — “to urge, force, compel”
  2. inherited from thretenen
  3. suffixed as threatensome — “threaten + -some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised by threat or threatening.

    • To be sure, the weather had looked "a bit threatensome," but every self-respecting woman had defied the elements in a much beribboned and befeathered head-gear.
    • The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion.

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