Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Threatening and rough are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Rough".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Rough and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Sam talks about having rough sex but Carol thinks he's threatening to torture and kill her.
Source: Film / Ruthless People - The guy doesn't look like much and calls everybody "dude", and the pilot shows two thugs threatening to rough him up, only for him to calmly tell them their names, as well as the names of their children, and what he plans to do with them in their sleep.
Source: Genius Bruiser / Live-Action TV -
In the episode "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" (S02, Ep22) when Sam comes back from the dead, his internal life threatening injuries are gone and he seems well, but he has a healed rough red scar from his mid thoracic region to upper lumbar region and a little soreness over the scar.
Source: Scars Are Forever
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