Definition of threaten

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Threaten (v. t.) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn..

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Black :: Black (adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
Alert :: Alert (n.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning..
Bravado :: Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Attitude :: Attitude (n.) The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty..
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound..
Safe :: Safe (superl.) Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes..
Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Menace :: Menace (v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
Menace :: Menace (n.) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
Threat :: Threat (n.) To threaten.
Minacious :: Minacious (a.) Threatening; menacing.
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..
Ill-looking :: Ill-looking (a.) Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv..
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
Scowl :: Scowl (n.) Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect..
Minatory :: Minatory (a.) Threatening; menacing.
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