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threatening

How many syllables in threatening?

  3 syllables

Divide threatening into syllables:   threat-en-ing
Stressed syllable in threatening:   threat-en-ing
How to pronounce threatening:   thret-n-ing
How to say threatening:

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Synonyms for threatening


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
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    • looming
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    3 syllables
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