Definition of threaten

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

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Impendent :: Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.
Threaten :: 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..
Bluster :: Bluster (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
Menace :: Menace (n.) The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
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..
Fineer :: Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit..
Threatener :: Threatener (n.) One who threatens.
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..
Bully :: Bully (n.) A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow..
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..
Minacious :: Minacious (a.) Threatening; menacing.
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Blackly :: Blackly (adv.) In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly; atrociously..
Threatened :: Threatened (imp. & p. p.) of Threate.
Threat :: Threat (n.) To threaten.
Threatening :: Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v..
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age..
Bravado :: Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Minatory :: Minatory (a.) Threatening; menacing.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country..
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