Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threatsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: threat-some
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by threat; threatening

Example Sentences

"The second act depicts the deadly combat of Be-a-Wolf and Grumble, a loathly, threatsome monster in red burlaps, and ended in the utter overthrow of the power of evil with no perceptible effort on Be-a-Wolf's part."
"The clouds shut in once more, and a threatsome wind stirred the trees, and Fayre gave over his song and raced back to town out of the weather that was beginning to happen."

Etymology

From threat + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: threat

Inflected Forms

more threatsome (comparative) most threatsome (superlative)

Questions

What does threatsome mean?: Characterised or marked by threat; threatening
Where does threatsome come from?: From threat + -some.

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