English-Portuguese translations for threatening

• ameaçador
  Pintar quadros ameaçadores é muitas vezes a alternativa mais fácil. Painting a threatening picture is often the easiest option.
  O que me perturba neste relatório, no entanto, é o seu tom ameaçador. What perturbs me about this report, however, is its threatening undertone.
  Podemos imaginar toda a espécie de cenários ameaçadores, mas há também boas notícias. We might imagine all sorts of threatening scenarios, but there is some good news.

Definition of threatening

• Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening
• An act of threatening; a threat

Examples

• Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior

Related words

• life-threatening
• non-threatening
• threateningly
• non-life-threatening
• threatening letter