Threatening
Threatening adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Usage example: threatening rocks lined that narrow stretch of the river through which we would be rafting
Uncertain and threatening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uncertain" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Uncertain
Uncertain adjective - Likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly.
Threatening and uncertain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Uncertain".
Nearby Words: uncertainty, uncertainly
Both words in one sentence
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Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.
Source: Actually, I Am Him - Fred Vargas's Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg has a one year-old son with Camille, but also a twenty-seven year-old son, Armel, whose existence he ignored until Armel, at the time believed to be the Zerquetscher, told him while threatening him with a gun in An Uncertain Place.
Source: Luke, You Are My Father
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