threaten
Meaning of threaten
verb
- state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.
how dare you threaten me?
the men threatened staff with a handgun
‘I might sue for damages,’ he threatened
- cause (someone or something) to be vulnerable or at risk; endanger.
a broken finger threatened his career
one of four London hospitals threatened with closure
Old English thrēatnian ‘urge or induce, especially by using threats’, from thrēat (see threat).
Information about threaten
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of threaten is: threatens.
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Hyphenation of threaten
threaten
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- threaten is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
threaten synonyms
Meaning endanger:
endanger, jeopardize, menace, imperil, peril
Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:
Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:
Meaning produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container):
Meaning create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror:
Meaning make (someone) afraid or anxious:
Meaning cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten:
Meaning make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger:
Translation of threaten
- Italian: minacciare, comminare
- German: bedrohen
- Spanish: conminar, amenazar
- Portuguese: ameaçar
- French: menacer
Anagrams of threaten
Words that rhyme with threaten
Aten, Baten, beaten, bethreaten, browbeaten, drybeaten, eaten, engreaten, farebeaten, greaten, heaten, miseaten, neaten, outeaten, outthreaten, overbeaten, overeaten, prethreaten, rethreaten, sunbeaten, unbeaten, underbeaten, undereaten, uneaten, weatherbeaten, wheaten, Tutankhaten, whaten, Pallaten, laten, platen, somaten, Akhenaten, Boaten, oaten, Paten, paten, Sauerbraten, lambraten, sauerbraten, Staten, quintaten, tenstaten
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