Due and Threatening

Due

Due adjective - Having reached the date at which payment is required.

Threatening and due are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Due".

Threatening

Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.

Due and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Due" instead an adjective "Threatening".

Nearby Words: threaten, threatened, threat

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • The sixth island, due to being the last without counting the bonus world, is threatening from the get-go.
  • Literature / Cujo Mama Bear: Donna's primal rage at the end is partly due to Cujo threatening her son, and partly due to early symptoms of rabies.
  • Grimshaw in The Movie of the Book due to Hartnell being more well known as the Doctor, and recommends Patrick Troughton instead, because Troughton comes off as a more sinister and threatening actor.
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