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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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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