Bad
Bad adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes
Threatening and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Bad".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Usage example: threatening rocks lined that narrow stretch of the river through which we would be rafting
Bad and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Threatening".
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Similar to the Pink Panther example below, Gargoylemon of Digimon Xros Wars attempts to be both the good cop and the bad cop, alternatively threatening the captured heroes and offering them DigiNoir.
Source: Good Cop/Bad Cop -
When she heard about Anna threatening Tadeusz, she put the Curse of Cain on Anna, which makes everything bad that would befall the latter go to the former instead.
Source: Literature / Shaman Blues - Similarly, threatening Fluttershy's friends is a good way to very quickly get on her bad side, as Cashmere later finds out.
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