threaten
(verb)
verb
1. pose a threat to; present a danger to
Similar word(s): endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril
Definition categories: stative, be, exist
2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
- He threatened me when I tried to call the police
Definition categories: communication, warn
3. to be a menacing indication of something
- The clouds threaten rain
- Danger threatens
Definition categories: communication, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
Sentences with threaten as a verb:
- He threatened me with a knife.
- The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
- The black clouds threatened heavy rain.