Definition of threaten

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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..

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Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..
Impending :: Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
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..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Loweringly :: Loweringly (adv.) In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Impend :: Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
Menace :: Menace (n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted..
Bluster :: Bluster (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
Bravado :: Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
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..
Interminate :: Interminate (v. t.) To menace; to threaten.
Commination :: Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.
Black :: Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks..
Growl :: Growl (n.) The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound..
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