Synonyms for threaten
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : thret-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθrɛt n |
Top 10 synonyms for threaten Other synonyms for the word threaten
- augur
- be dangerous
- be gathering
- be imminent
- be in the air
- be in the offing
- be on the horizon
- blackmail
- bluster
- brewing
- browbeat
- bully
- caution
- come on
- comminate
- cow
- enforce
- flex muscles
- forebode
- foreshadow
- forewarn
- frighten
- fulminate
- growl
- hang over
- impend
- look daggers
- loom
- make threat
- overhang
- portend
- presage
- pressurize
- push around
- put at risk
- put in jeopardy
- scowl
- shake fist at
- snarl
- spook
- terrorize
- torment
- walk heavy
Définition of threaten
Origin :- Old English þreatnian (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.
- verb warn, pressure
- verb endanger
- But that nevertheless he will not threaten either his own life, or that of any other man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Never again attempt to threaten people of property and station.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It seemed to threaten no such consequences at its commencement.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Why should the Congregation of the Index threaten his work with interdiction?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- You shall not threaten me into a rashness that my heart condemns!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I had in turn but to threaten to report him to this woman and he would be as clay in my hands.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Do you threaten us with force from your Combine devoted to peace?
- Extract from : « Join Our Gang? » by Sterling E. Lanier
- It would surprise you to know how many of them badger and threaten us.
- Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
- The King flew into a great passion, and began to threaten me.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Complete » by Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre
- Of all the dangers that threaten the path of the reformer that of injustice is the greatest.
- Extract from : « Morals in Trade and Commerce » by Frank B. Anderson
Antonyms for threaten
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