The phrase "a threatening message" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a communication that conveys a sense of danger or intimidation.
Example: "After receiving a threatening message, she decided to report it to the authorities."
Alternatives: "an intimidating message" or "a menacing message."
It costs terrorists nothing to send a threatening message.
Eleven minutes later, Mayor Roque called the resident and left a threatening message, the complaint said.
But there is a line to be drawn about what constitutes a threatening message.
The woman answered a call on one of the phones, and received a threatening message.
Markov's brother has also received a threatening message from an anonymous user.
A journalist in the industrial city of Saltillo was kidnapped and fatally shot, and a threatening message was left on his body, his newspaper, Z?o, said Friday.
Although the letter compliments Mr. Nader as an inspiration, some liberals in Congress and elsewhere have begun delivering a more threatening message.
A federal grand jury indicted Javier A. Correa, 24, of Corpus Christi, Tex., accusing him of violating the civil rights of members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in connection with a long, threatening message he is said to have left on the center's phone last September.
The images were accompanied by a graphic, threatening message of the mass-shooter variety that I won't quote here; suffice it to say it's just as full of the horrifying sexism and racism one finds in these pathetic manifestos.
She interpreted Ellison's angry response to the idea that Monahan would write about their relationship as "a chilling, threatening message".
Your mobiles service provider (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) will usually have a number for you to call if you do receive an obscene or threatening message.
