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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Black :: Black (adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest..
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Impendent :: Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.
Threatening :: Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v..
Growl :: Growl (n.) The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound..
Comminatory :: Comminatory (a.) Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms..
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..
Scowl :: Scowl (n.) Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect..
Threat :: Threat (n.) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation..
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..
Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.
Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..
Menace :: Menace (n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted..
Impend :: Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
Minacity :: Minacity (n.) Disposition to threaten.
Alert :: Alert (n.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning..
Menace :: Menace (v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
Minatory :: Minatory (a.) Threatening; menacing.
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