threats
Meaning of threats
plural noun
- a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.
members of her family have received death threats
- a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
hurricane damage poses a major threat to many coastal communities
Old English thrēat ‘oppression’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verdrieten ‘grieve’, German verdriessen ‘irritate’.
Information about threats
- It is a name.
- The singular form of threats is: threat.
- Languages in which threats is used:
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Hyphenation of threats
threats
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- threats is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
threats synonyms
Meaning a statement or event that warns of something or that serves as a cautionary example:
Meaning a final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations:
Meaning the action of threatening divine vengeance:
Meaning a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger:
Meaning suggesting the presence of danger; threatening:
Anagrams of threats
Words that rhyme with threats
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