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English
Etymology
From threaten + -some.
Adjective
threatensome (comparative more threatensome, superlative most threatensome)
- (dialectal) Characterised by threat or threatening.
1902, Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 105, page 471: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.
1925, Arthur Bernard Cook, Zeus, page 712:The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion.
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