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threatensome

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From threaten + -some.

adjective more threatensome · most threatensome

  1. dialectal Characterised by threat or threatening. To be sure, the weather had looked "a bit threatensome," but every self-respecting woman had defied the elements in a much beribboned and befeathered head-gear.

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adj characterised by threat — see also threatening

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@misc{threatensome_2026,
  title = {threatensome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/threatensome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}