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1. (v.t.) threaten
to utter a threat against.
2. threaten
to be a menace or source of danger to:
to threaten one's peace of mind.
3. threaten
to offer (a punishment, injury, etc.) by way of a threat:
They threatened swift retaliation.
4. threaten
to give an ominous indication of:
The clouds threaten rain.
5. (v.i.) threaten
to utter or use threats.
6. threaten
to indicate impending evil, mischief, or difficulty.
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| Definition of 'threaten' |
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1. (verb) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
2. (verb) threaten
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
3. (verb) threaten
to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
"Danger threatens"
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1. (verb) threaten
to use threats to try to make sb do sth
The judge threatened her with jail.; The group threatened to blow up the bridge.
2. threaten
to be likely to cause damage
a storm threatening the coast; two animals that are threatened with extinction
3. threaten
(of sth bad) to be likely to happen or affect sth
when danger threatens
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| Definition of 'threaten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) threaten
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
2. (verb) threaten
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
3. (verb) threaten
to use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance
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Sense: to make or be a threat (to)
She threatened to kill herself; He threatened me with violence / with a gun; A storm is threatening.
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 Afrikaans: dreig |
 Arabic: يُهَدِّد |
 Bulgarian: заплашвам |
 Brazilian: ameaçar |
 Czech: hrozit, vyhrožovat |
 German: drohen |
 Danish: true med; true |
 Greek: απειλώ |
 Spanish: amenazar |
 Estonian: ähvardama |
 Farsi: تهدید کردن |
 Finnish: uhata |
 French: menacer (de) |
 Hebrew: לְאַייֵם |
 Hindi: धमकाना |
 Croatian: prijetiti |
 Hungarian: fenyeget |
 Indonesian: mengancam |
 Icelandic: hóta, ógna |
 Italian: minacciare |
 Japanese: おどかす |
 Korean: 위협하다 |
 Lithuanian: grasinti |
 Latvian: []draudēt |
 Malay: mengancam |
 Dutch: dreigen |
 Norwegian: true (med) |
 Polish: grozić |
 Portuguese: ameaçar |
 Romanian: a ameninţa |
 Russian: грозить(ся); угрожать; на |
 Slovak: hroziť, vyhrážať sa |
 Slovenian: groziti |
 Serbian: pretiti |
 Swedish: hota |
 Thai: คุกคาม |
 Turkish: tehdit etmek |
 Taiwanese: 威脅 |
 Ukrainian: погрожувати |
 Urdu: دھمکي دينا |
 Vietnamese: đe dọa |
 Chinese: 威胁 |
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