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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Bully :: Bully (n.) A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow..
Minacity :: Minacity (n.) Disposition to threaten.
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..
Impending :: Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
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..
Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination..
Menace :: Menace (v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
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..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..
Threaten :: Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance..
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..
Threatener :: Threatener (n.) One who threatens.
Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely..
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..
Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.
Loweringly :: Loweringly (adv.) In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
Scowl :: Scowl (n.) Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect..
Ill-looking :: Ill-looking (a.) Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv..
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