Dictionary Entry
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.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3intransitive verb
To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
- 4verb
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
- 5verb
to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
"Danger threatens"
- 6verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
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