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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. To threaten.
3. noun. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another

   "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

4. noun. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent

   "they were under threat of arrest"

5. noun. a person who inspires fear or dread

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

   Synonyms: scourge, terror

6. noun. something that is a source of danger

   "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

   Synonyms: menace

Synonyms

scourge, terror, menace

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in threat:

hatter

Common word forms

threats, threated, threaten, threatful, threating, threatless

Words from these letters

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