threatensome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"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."
"The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion."

From threaten + -some.

more threatensome (comparative) most threatensome (superlative)

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