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Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country..

Mutter :: Mutter (v. t.) To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination..

Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..

Threatful :: Threatful (a.) Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.

Imminence :: Imminence (n.) The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress..

Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria..

Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc..

Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.

Empty :: Empty (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure..

Interminate :: Interminate (v. t.) To menace; to threaten.

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..

Comminatory :: Comminatory (a.) Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms..

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.

Impend :: Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

Frown :: Frown (v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness..

Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..

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