Predatory
Predatory adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.
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Threatening and predatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Predatory".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Predatory and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Predatory" instead an adjective "Threatening".
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- If the residents of a Gayborhood are depicted engaging in stereotypically predatory behaviours, such a place (with its large numbers of gays) comes across as threatening to a heterosexual audience.
Source: Homophobia Index - Nathan: It's hard to tell whether we're seeing the 'real' Nathan or the predatory, misogynistic, and threatening bad guy he's deliberately presenting himself as in order to get the reaction he wants out of Caleb.
- Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: Melanie may not be as aggressive or predatory as the other vampires but you know that Vincent the hitchhiker and the street gang threatening and cursing her will end get a terrible comeuppance.
Source: Literature / Carrion Comfort
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