Threatening vs Terrific - What's the difference?
threatening | terrific | Related terms |
An act of threatening; a threat.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
* Charles Dickens, Pincher Astray
(colloquial) Frighteningly good.
(colloquial) Astounding or awesome.
Terrifying; causing terror
Frightful or very unpleasant.
(colloquial) Extraordinarily great or intense.
Threatening is a related term of terrific.
As adjectives the difference between threatening and terrific
is that threatening is presenting a threat; menacing; frightening while terrific is (colloquial) frighteningly good.As a verb threatening
is .As a noun threatening
is an act of threatening; a threat.threatening
English
Alternative forms
* threatning (obsolete)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* life-threatening * nonthreatening, non-threatening * threateningly * threateningness * unthreateningNoun
(en noun)- And nowe lorde beholde their threatenynges , and graunte unto thy servauntes wyth all confydence to speake thy worde.
- The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently
terrific
English
Alternative forms
* terrifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
- The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.
- The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.
- I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
- terrific speed