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1 minaccioso
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2 minatorio
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3 minaccioso
threatening* * *minaccioso agg.1 threatening, menacing: attitudine, sguardo, tono minaccioso, menacing (o threatening) attitude, look, tone2 (fig.) (che preannuncia un danno) threatening, menacing, ominous: il tempo sembra minaccioso, the weather looks threatening (o ominous); onde minacciose, threatening waves3 (fig. letter.) (che ispira timore) looming: vette minacciose, looming peaks.* * *[minat'tʃoso]aggettivo [gesto, espressione, atmosfera] threatening, menacing; [presenza, ombra, nubi, mare, cielo] ominous* * *minaccioso/minat't∫oso/[gesto, espressione, atmosfera] threatening, menacing; [presenza, ombra, nubi, mare, cielo] ominous; il tempo era minaccioso the weather looked threatening. -
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5 minacciare
threaten* * *minacciare v.tr.1 to threaten, to menace (anche dir.): minacciarono vendetta, they threatened revenge; minacciare guerra, to threaten war; minacciare qlcu. di arresto, di morte, to threaten s.o. with arrest, with death; minacciare qlcu. di ricorrere a misure legali, to threaten to take s.o. to law; minacciare un testimone, to intimidate a witness; mi-nacciò di licenziarsi, he threatened to resign; minacciò di uccidermi, he threatened to kill me2 (fig.) (mettere in pericolo) to menace, to threaten: un contrasto che minaccia la pace, a disagreement that menaces the peace; il mio viaggio è minacciato dallo sciopero aereo; my trip is threatened by the air strike3 (fig.) (far presentire un danno) to threaten: il cielo minaccia temporale, the sky is threatening; il mare minaccia burrasca, the sea is threatening; la febbre minaccia di salire, the temperature is threatening to rise4 (fig. letter.) (sovrastare minacciosamente) to loom over (sthg.): il castello minaccia il villaggio, the castle looms over the village.* * *[minat'tʃare]verbo transitivo1) (spaventare) to threaten, to menaceminacciare qcn. con un coltello — to threaten sb. at knife-point
2) fig. (preannunciare)3) fig. (mettere a rischio) to pose a threat to [paese, salute]essere minacciato — [equilibrio, tranquillità, economia] to be in jeopardy o peril
4) fig. (rischiare)* * *minacciare/minat't∫are/ [1]1 (spaventare) to threaten, to menace; minacciare qcn. con un coltello to threaten sb. at knife-point; essere minacciato to be under threat; sentirsi minacciato to feel threatened; essere minacciato di morte to be threatened with death3 fig. (mettere a rischio) to pose a threat to [paese, salute]; essere minacciato [equilibrio, tranquillità, economia] to be in jeopardy o peril -
6 truce
fierce( crudele) cruel* * *truce agg. grim; ( minaccioso) threatening, menacing; ( crudele) fierce, cruel, vicious: sguardo truce, grim look; un truce delitto, a vicious crime.* * *['trutʃe]* * *truce/'trut∫e/[ sguardo] glaring, black; [faccia, aspetto] grim, threatening. -
7 intimidatorio
intimidatorio agg. intimidatory; threatening: è stata una frase intimidatoria, it was a threatening (o intimidatory) expression; sparare a scopo intimidatorio, to shoot as a warning.* * ** * *intimidatoriopl. -ri, - rie /intimida'tɔrjo, ri, rje/intimidating; politica -a power politics. -
8 gravido
gravido agg.1 (di donna) pregnant, gravid: è gravida, she is pregnant (o fam. she is in the family way); donna gravida, pregnant woman (o expectant mother)2 (di animale) big with young, pregnant: mucca gravida, cow in calf; cavalla gravida, mare in foal; la gatta è gravida di tre settimane, the she-cat is three weeks pregnant3 (fig.) laden (with sthg.), full: gravido di conseguenze, fraught with consequences; gravido di minacce, threatening; nubi gravide di pioggia, clouds full of (o heavy with) rain.* * *['gravido]1) [ femmina di animale] gravid; [ donna] pregnant2) fig.gravido di — [ situazione] fraught with [pericoli, difficoltà]; [ affermazione] pregnant with [ significato]
* * *gravido/'gravido/1 [ femmina di animale] gravid; [ donna] pregnant2 fig. gravido di [ situazione] fraught with [pericoli, difficoltà]; [ affermazione] pregnant with [ significato]. -
9 il tempo era minaccioso
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10 minaccia
f (pl -cce) threat* * *minaccia s.f. threat, menace (anche dir.): il suo discorso era pieno di velate minacce, his speech was full of veiled threats; si è arreso alle nostre minacce, he gave in to our threats; proferire minacce, to utter threats; vane minacce, empty threats; silenzio gravido di minacce, ominous silence; gesto di minaccia, menacing (o threatening) gesture; lo fecero accettare con le minacce, they bullied him into accepting; c'è una minaccia di pioggia, (fig.) there is a threat of rain in the sky (o it looks like rain); è una minaccia per la pace del mondo, (fig.) it is a menace to world peace; la ditta vive sotto la minaccia di un crollo finanziario, (fig.) the threat of a financial crash hangs over the company.* * *fare delle -ce a qcn. — to make threats against sb.
tenere qcn. sotto la minaccia di un'arma, di un coltello — to hold sb. up at gunpoint, at knife-point
* * *minacciapl. -ce /mi'natt∫a, t∫e/sostantivo f.threat, menace; fare delle -ce a qcn. to make threats against sb.; subire -ce to come under threat; minaccia di morte death threat; costituire una minaccia per to pose a threat to; tenere qcn. sotto la minaccia di un'arma, di un coltello to hold sb. up at gunpoint, at knife-point. -
11 promettere
promisepromettere bene look promising* * *promettere v.tr. to promise: ha promesso di aiutarmi, che mi aiuterà, he promised to help me, that he would help me; promettere in moglie, to promise in marriage // il cielo promette una tempesta, a storm seems to be threatening // promettere mari e monti, to promise heaven and earth (o great things)◆ v. intr. to promise: questo pittore promette bene, this is a promising painter (o this is a painter of promise); le vigne promettono, the vines look promising.* * *[pro'mettere] 1.verbo transitivo1) to promisepromettere qcs. a qcn. — to promise sb. sth.
promettere di essere fedele a qcn. — to pledge fidelity to sb.
2) (annunciare)non promettere nulla di buono — [ tempo] to look bad, not to look very promising
3) (destinare)2.promettere la propria figlia in moglie a qcn. — to promise one's daughter in marriage to sb
3.promettere bene — [persona, situazione] to promise well
verbo pronominale promettersi2) (impegnarsi)-rsi a qcn. — to pledge one's heart o love o hand to sb.
••promettere mari e monti o la luna (a qcn.) — to promise (sb.) the earth o moon
* * *promettere/pro'mettere/ [60]1 to promise; promettere qcs. a qcn. to promise sb. sth.; promettere di essere fedele a qcn. to pledge fidelity to sb.; mi promise che sarebbe venuta she promised me (that) she would come; te lo prometto! I promise!2 (annunciare) non promettere nulla di buono [ tempo] to look bad, not to look very promising; la giornata promette bene it promises to be a fine day3 (destinare) promettere la propria figlia in moglie a qcn. to promise one's daughter in marriage to sb.III promettersi verbo pronominale1 (l'un l'altro) si sono promessi di non lasciarsi mai più they have vowed never to be parted2 (impegnarsi) -rsi a qcn. to pledge one's heart o love o hand to sb.; - rsi a Dio to dedicate oneself to Godpromettere mari e monti o la luna (a qcn.) to promise (sb.) the earth o moon. -
12 torvo
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13 truculento
* * *[truku'lɛnto]aggettivo [storia, stile, persona] truculent* * *truculento/truku'lεnto/[storia, stile, persona] truculent. -
14 fulmineo agg
[ful'mineo] fulmineo (-a)(fig : scatto) rapid, (minaccioso: sguardo) threatening -
15 imbronciato agg
[imbron'tʃato] imbronciato (-a) -
16 intimidatorio agg
[intimida'tɔrjo] intimidatorio -ria, -ri, -rie -
17 minaccioso agg
[minat'tʃoso] minaccioso (-a)threatening, menacing -
18 minatorio agg
[mina'tɔrjo] minatorio -ria, -ri, -rie -
19 tono sm
['tɔno]parlare con tono minaccioso — to speak in a threatening tone o threateningly
il tono della lettera/del discorso — the tone of the letter/speech
se la metti su questo tono... — if that's the way you want to put it...
rispondere a tono — (a proposito) to answer to the point, (nello stesso modo) to answer in kind, (per le rime) to answer back
essere giù di tono — to be unwell o off-colour Brit
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threatening — threateningly, adv. /thret n ing/, adj. 1. tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures. 2. causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister: threatening clouds. [1520 30; THREATEN + ING2] Syn. 2. See imminent, ominous. * * * … Universalium
threatening — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ find sth ▪ regard sth as, see sth as … Collocations dictionary
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