Instant
Instant adjective - Done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time.
Threatening and instant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Instant".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Instant and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instant" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
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Captain Lionel Cash has a stick up his butt from the moment he appears onscreen, demanding instant respect and threatening subordinates with demotion at the drop of a hat.
Source: The Neidermeyer - Instant Illness: Any exposure to chills, rain, drafts, mud or cold water is fairly certain to leave the victim in the grip of a life-threatening disease if they're not immediately put into a hot bath and then into bed with two hot water bottles.
Source: Literature / Chalet School - In Derek Robinson's novel of the Cold War, Hullo Russia Goodbye England, one of the Vulcan pilots who would not hesitate for an instant to nuke Russia adopts this strategy to sort out a problem with a bookie, who is threatening to expose a fellow pilot's expensive gambling debts.
Source: Kill The Creditor
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Threatening and Instant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/threatening
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Threatening or Instant. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/threatening.
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