Hot
Hot adjective - Having a notably high temperature.
Threatening and hot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Hot".
Nearby Word: hotly
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Hot and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hot" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
- She keeps up this disposition even as she is threatening someone with a hot iron or in a shootout with government agents.
Source: Sugary Malice - Non-threatening example: in Thank You for Smoking, a hot-shot's assistant points out that their building's elevator is completely silent.
Source: Quieter Than Silence - After making the threatening phone call, he claims that he can see the hot blonde he'd calling.
Source: I Can See You
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Threatening and Hot. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot/threatening
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Threatening or Hot. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot/threatening.
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