Difference between Threatening and Sullen

What is the difference between Threatening and Sullen?

Threatening as an adjective is presenting a threat; menacing; frightening. while Sullen as an adjective is having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

Threatening

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a threat against someone; to use threats.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

Example sentence: Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself.

Sullen

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having a brooding ill temper; sulky.dismal; somber.sluggish; slow.

Example sentence: I was very depressed at a young age and felt like I didn't have agency towards that. Being 'female' meant I couldn't be that - I couldn't be angry, loud, sullen. Being sad meant I was weak.

We hope you now know whether to use Threatening or Sullen in your sentence.

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