with bared teeth

ADVERB

fiercely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angrily boldly brutally ferociously forcefully frantically furiously madly mightily passionately savagely severely vehemently viciously wildly

WEAK

awfully forcibly frenziedly frighteningly hard horribly impetuously in a frenzy irresistibly like cats and dogs maleficiently malevolently malignly monstrous no holds barred riotously roughly stormily tempestuously terribly threateningly tigerishly tooth and nail turbulently uncontrollably venomously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly gently

WEAK

kindly mildly quietly tamely

Example Sentences

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In some of Mr. Wilson’s cartoons, creatures with bared teeth and bulging eyes crouch at the foot of a child’s bed or behind a half-opened door.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2019

Here we find a different formative lesson: Posturing with bared teeth will cow your foes into submission.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2018

One sweltering spring afternoon, the sprinter Ashwini Akkunji ran laps around its sprawling grounds, past broken fountains, a murky pool and monkeys that occasionally charged people with bared teeth.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2014

Just before he left, he’d warned me with bared teeth, frightening as only older brothers can be, not to touch a thing.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2010

When Jody held to the halter-rope she ran at him with bared teeth.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

with bared teeth

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