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Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.

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

Threaten :: Threaten (v. t.) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death..

Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..

Bully :: Bully (n.) A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow..

Black :: Black (adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

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..

Commination :: Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

Minacity :: Minacity (n.) Disposition to threaten.

Impendent :: Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.

Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..

Threaten :: Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance..

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

Threatening :: Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v..

Denunciatory :: Denunciatory (a.) Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language..

Cloud :: Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect..

Threatened :: Threatened (imp. & p. p.) of Threate.

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

Threat :: Threat (n.) To threaten.

Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

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