Dictionary Entry
threat
threat is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
To threaten.
- 3noun
declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
"his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
- 4noun
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
"they were under threat of arrest"
- 5noun
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
- 6noun
something that is a source of danger
"earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
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