Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Threatening and approaching are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Approaching".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Usage example: economists warning of a threatening recession
Approaching and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approaching" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and approaching
- close and threatening
- near and approaching
- near and threatening
- menacing and approaching
- menacing and threatening
- impending and approaching
- impending and threatening
- imminent and approaching
- imminent and threatening
- looming and approaching
- looming and threatening
- at hand and approaching
- at hand and threatening
Both words in one sentence
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Threatening Shark: When the family took a vacation at Sandy Beach, Homer terrorized other tourists by pretending to be an approaching shark.
- No matter that none of the Raleka had anything to do with this... but they were approaching in a slightly threatening manner.
Source: Berserk Button / Fan Works -
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Mogaba, approaching middle age, learns to read just in time for the Company to send him a threatening letter.
Source: Literature / The Black Company
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