Found 3 items, similar to threaten.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: threaten
gera, gertak, mengacukan, mengancam, menggertak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: threaten
threaten
v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to;
“The pollution is
endangering the crops” [syn:
endanger,
jeopardize,
jeopardise,
menace,
imperil,
peril]
2: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:
“He
threatened me when I tried to call the police”
3: to be a menacing indication of something:
“The clouds
threaten rain”;
“Danger threatens”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Threaten
Threaten
\Threat"en\, v. i.
To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening
appearance.
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Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. --Shak.
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Threaten
\Threat"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Threatened; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Threatening.] [OE. [thorn]retenen. See
Threat, v.
t.]
1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with
apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the
promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
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Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak
henceforth to no man in this name. --Acts iv. 17.
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2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or
unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to
announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten
war; to threaten death. --Milton.
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The skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters. --Shak.
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Syn: To menace.
Usage:
Threaten,
Menace. Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and
menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the
more familiar term; the latter is more employed in
formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the
country is menaced with war.
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By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.
--Prior.
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Of the sharp ax
Regardless, that o'er his devoted head
Hangs menacing. --Somerville.
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