Threatening vs Tigerish - What's the difference?
threatening | tigerish | Related terms |
An act of threatening; a threat.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
* Charles Dickens, Pincher Astray
Threatening is a related term of tigerish.
As adjectives the difference between threatening and tigerish
is that threatening is presenting a threat; menacing; frightening while tigerish is having the characteristics of a tiger.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