Definition of threat

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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..

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Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria..
Minatorily :: Minatorily (adv.) In a minatory manner; with threats.
Bravado :: Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Interminate :: Interminate (v. t.) To menace; to threaten.
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
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..
Thunder :: Thunder (n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..
Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..
Threatener :: Threatener (n.) One who threatens.
Bluster :: Bluster (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
Threaten :: Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance..
Disease :: Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
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..
Frown :: Frown (v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness..
Menace :: Menace (n.) The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
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