Dirty
Dirty adjective - Not clean.
Threatening and dirty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Dirty".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Dirty and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirty" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
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Dirty Coward: On Dantooine, a farmer asks the Mandalorians who are threatening him to take his wife and children instead.
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Dirty Coward: King Boo holds Paper Mario hostage in their boss battle, threatening him if you attack them or their minion holding Paper Mario.
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In "Lockdown", while the BAU stops all the dirty prison guards, we still never know who all helped the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds inmate kill two of said guards and their inmate ally at the start—sans an Anti-Villain guard seeking Revenge for the dirty ones threatening his daughter.
Source: Series / Criminal Minds
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