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Synonyms for threaten
ˈθrɛt nthreat·en
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Princeton's WordNet
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
Synonyms:
imperil, stake, venture, peril, jeopardise, endanger, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventurethreatenverb
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
Synonyms:
jeopardize, imperil, jeopardise, endanger, peril, menacethreatenverb
to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
"Danger threatens"
Synonyms:
jeopardize, imperil, jeopardise, endanger, peril, menace
Dictionary of English Synonymes
threatenverb
threatenverb
Synonyms:
portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicatethreatenverb
Synonyms:
impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "threaten":
endanger, threatens, threat, jeopardise, jeopardize, threatening, threats, imperil, undermine
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2310 | adventure | |
#3891 | threat | |
#4513 | venture | |
#6254 | threats | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#9902 | threatening | |
#9992 | stake | |
#12366 | expose | |
#13701 | threaten | |
#15548 | threatens | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#19164 | menace | |
#22996 | peril | |
#32731 | endanger | |
#35532 | jeopardize | |
#88389 | jeopardise | |
#121668 | imperil | |
#156758 | scupper |
How to use threaten in a sentence?
This has always been about reforming intelligence policies that do not make America safer and threaten our liberties.
Patience isn’t what it used to be. Kindness just isn’t there. Not everyone is that way, but you see it more, and there never is a point where you threaten physical violence to any coach, player, or referee. It’s still a game, and we should be teaching our kids good sportsmanship and good citizenship.
We have absolutely no appetite for going to war or to be provocative to create situations that might evoke responses where mistakes could be made, countries exercise their leverage, they threaten, they this or that.
It’s true that Cruz was doing something that was against the law, it’s also true that they did not point their guns at him or physically threaten him but in a social context in which this occurred, they knew exactly what they were doing.
No matter what he did, he wasn't doing anything to threaten them, so why would they kill that young man ? Just like they killed my son.
Translations for threaten
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- هدد, هَدَّدَArabic
- заплашвамBulgarian
- amenaçarCatalan, Valencian
- vyhrožovat, hrozitCzech
- androhen, drohen, bedrohenGerman
- απειλώGreek
- minaciEsperanto
- amenazarSpanish
- uhata, vaarantaa, enteilläFinnish
- menacerFrench
- maoidhScottish Gaelic
- धमकानाHindi
- minacciareItalian
- 威嚇, 脅かす, 脅す, 脅迫Japanese
- insto, minorLatin
- takutaku, kapatauMāori
- trueNorwegian
- dreigen, bedreigenDutch
- truge, trueNorwegian Nynorsk
- grozić, zagrażaćPolish
- ameaçarPortuguese
- amenințaRomanian
- угрожать, предвещать, грозитьRussian
- grozitiSlovene
- hotaSwedish
- gözünü korkutmakTurkish
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