Recent
Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Threatening is an antonym for recent.
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Usage example: economists warning of a threatening recession
Recent is an antonym for threatening.
Both words in one sentence
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In a recent story he plans to draw out his evil clone by publicly threatening to do something he would never do — kill a child.
Source: Hitman with a Heart -
Done even more straight with a recent bonus, where he's threatening to kill a random day class student who plans on giving Yuuki a love letter.
Source: Manga / Vampire Knight -
Unfortunately, it all seems to have caught up to him: A recent non-life-threatening incident that led to brief hospitalization has forced him to swear off alcohol completely, meaning that Drunk Minecraft can no longer continue.
Source: Lets Play / Markiplier
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Threatening and Recent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/recent/threatening
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