Threaten

Verb

 * 1) To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
 * He threatened me with a knife.
 * 1) To menace, or be dangerous.
 * The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
 * 1) To portend, or give a warning.
 * The black clouds threatened heavy rain.

Adverbs for Threaten
inimitably; direfully; darkly; terrifyingly; sinisterly; seriously; adroitly; mutteringly; sullenly; violently; tyrannically; bitterly.

Thesaurus
abuse, admonish, advise, afflict, aggrieve, alert, anticipate, apprehend, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be to be, be to come, befoul, bewitch, blight, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bode, brew, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, caution, come, come on, comminate, condemn, confront, corrupt, cow, croak, crucify, cry havoc, curse, damage, daunt, defile, demoralize, denounce, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, dragoon, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, endanger, envenom, expect, face, forebode, foresee, foretell, forewarn, forthcome, gather, get into trouble, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, hang over, harass, harm, have a premonition, have a presentiment, hector, hex, hope, hover, huff, hurt, impair, impend, imperil, infect, injure, intimidate, issue an ultimatum, jeopardize, jinx, lie ahead, lie over, look black, look for, look forward to, look threatening, loom, lower, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, near, notify, outrage, overhang, persecute, plan, play havoc with, play hob with, plot, poison, pollute, portend, preapprehend, predict, prejudice, presage, project, prophesy, put in jeopardy, savage, scathe, sound the alarm, systematically terrorize, taint, terrorize, tip, tip off, torment, torture, utter a caveat, utter threats against, violate, warn, warn against, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

Etymology
þrēatian.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: amenaçar
 * Czech:, vyhrožovat
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: धमकाना
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 脅す, 脅迫する
 * Latin:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: grozić, zagrażać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ; угрожать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * !Xóõ: ʻǁna̰ha


 * Catalan: amenaçar
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: minaci
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 脅かす, 威嚇する
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish: grozić, zagrażać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ; угрожать
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: amenaçar
 * German: androhen
 * Japanese: 威嚇する
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: grozić, zagrażać


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: предвещать
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * : mengancam, menakut-nakuti
 * : minacciare