threaten
threaten is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
- verb. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
- verb. to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
"Danger threatens"
- verb. pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
Synonyms
endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril
Common word forms
threatens, threatened, threatener, threatening, threatenable
Words from these letters
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