Dreadful
Dreadful adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a dreadful hurricane
Threatening and dreadful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Dreadful".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Dreadful and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unpleasant and dreadful
- unpleasant and threatening
- dismal and dreadful
- dismal and threatening
- offensive and dreadful
- offensive and threatening
- nasty and dreadful
- nasty and threatening
- evil and dreadful
- evil and threatening
- bad and dreadful
- bad and threatening
- fierce and dreadful
- fierce and threatening
Both words in one sentence
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The Dreadful: Someone shows up at Kit's door and starts threatening and talking down to her, while flipping his revolver around like Revolver Ocelot.
Source: Artistic License Gun Safety
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