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Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.

Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..

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..

Threaten :: Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance..

Minatory :: Minatory (a.) Threatening; menacing.

Black :: Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks..

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..

Threatening :: Threatening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Threate.

Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.

Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

Threatening :: Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v..

Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..

Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Fineer :: Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit..

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 (v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.

Ah :: Ah (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance..

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..

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..

Commination :: Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

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