Synonyms for Threaten:

• n.

  •
  • embarrass,
  • overcome,
  • hold back,
  • advance,
  • burden,
  • disadvantage,
  • let down,
  • happen,
  • count against,
  • bring up against,
  • seize,
  • come-on,
  • throttle,
  • inhibit,
  • plague.
  •
  • over,
  • show your teeth.
  •
  • safety.
  •
  • foresight.
  •
  • near.
  •jeopardise (noun)
  • jeopardise.

• v.

  •approach (verb)
  • catching up,
  • is comparable to,
  • are like,
  • sur-rounding,
  • art comparable to,
  • verged up on,
  • corresponds to,
  • belly to,
  • bellies to,
  • gained on,
  • catches up,
  • creeps up,
  • re ached,
  • came close,
  • being like,
  • compares with,
  • moving in on,
  • was like,
  • am like,
  • moves on,
  • moving on,
  • bellying to,
  • re-aching,
  • re-ached,
  • moved toward,
  • creeping up,
  • verge up on,
  • sur rounding,
  • art like,
  • wert like,
  • wast like,
  • is like,
  • moved on,
  • closes in,
  • creeped up,
  • bellied to,
  • re aching,
  • bellies up to,
  • verges up on,
  • goes toward,
  • verged upon,
  • am comparable to,
  • was comparable to,
  • were comparable to,
  • verges upon,
  • sur rounded,
  • verging up on,
  • moves in on,
  • were like,
  • gains on,
  • moving toward,
  • went toward,
  • comes close,
  • bellying up to,
  • being comparable to,
  • are comparable to,
  • sur-rounded,
  • bellied up to,
  • looming up,
  • going toward,
  • looms up,
  • moved in on,
  • wast comparable to,
  • corresponded to,
  • crept up,
  • wert comparable to,
  • moves toward.
  •blackmail (verb)
  • ex-acted,
  • held ransom,
  • ex-act,
  • puts the shake on,
  • ex acted,
  • ex acting,
  • shook down,
  • putting shake on,
  • ex act,
  • ex-tort,
  • ex acts,
  • holds ransom,
  • ex tort,
  • shaking down,
  • hold ransom,
  • holding to ransom,
  • ex-acting,
  • put shake on,
  • ex torts,
  • ex-torts,
  • puts shake on,
  • shakes down,
  • holding ransom,
  • holds to ransom,
  • ex-acts,
  • putting the shake on,
  • held to ransom.
  •brandish (verb)
  • dis played,
  • come strong,
  • dis-play,
  • dis plays,
  • came on strong,
  • came strong,
  • dis-playing,
  • dis play,
  • dis playing,
  • coming strong,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis-porting,
  • throws weight around,
  • dis-played,
  • comes on strong,
  • dis ported,
  • threw weight around,
  • comes strong,
  • ex-posed,
  • dis-ported,
  • ex-pose,
  • dis porting,
  • ex posed,
  • ex-posing,
  • ex pose.
  •browbeat (verb)
  • over bore,
  • over awes,
  • co-wing,
  • putting heat on,
  • puts the chill on,
  • over-awes,
  • lording over,
  • putting through wringer,
  • puts through wringer,
  • puts through the wringer,
  • lorded it over,
  • puts heat on,
  • over awe,
  • leant on,
  • over born,
  • co-wed,
  • over-awed,
  • despotizes,
  • lords over,
  • over-awe,
  • over borne,
  • over awed,
  • overbore,
  • co wing,
  • puts chill on,
  • leans on,
  • despotizing,
  • co wed,
  • Over-bearing,
  • over bearing,
  • over-born,
  • lord over,
  • over-bore,
  • leaned on,
  • over-awing,
  • over awing,
  • overborn,
  • lords it over,
  • putting the chill on,
  • over bear,
  • putting through the wringer,
  • despotized,
  • lording it over,
  • lorded over,
  • over-borne,
  • putting chill on,
  • over bears,
  • over-bears.
  •bully (verb)
  • turn heat,
  • walking heavy,
  • turning heat,
  • rode roughshod,
  • turned on the heat,
  • turned heat,
  • turning on heat,
  • turns on the heat,
  • turns heat,
  • walks heavy,
  • turns the heat,
  • turn on heat,
  • showboated,
  • buffaloing,
  • turning on the heat,
  • turning the heat,
  • turned on heat,
  • riding roughshod,
  • rid roughshod,
  • rides roughshod,
  • turns on heat,
  • walked heavy,
  • turn the heat,
  • turned the heat.
  •bullyrag (verb)
  • mis treated,
  • chivies,
  • mis treats,
  • mis-treated,
  • mis-treats,
  • mis treating,
  • mis-treat,
  • mis treat.
  •coerce (verb)
  • make offer they can't refuse,
  • re-press,
  • re-strict,
  • re-pressing,
  • twists one's arm,
  • putting the squeeze on,
  • twisting arm,
  • be-set,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • makes an offer they can't refuse,
  • making an offer they cant refuse,
  • made an offer they cant refuse,
  • be-sets,
  • high pressured,
  • makes offer they can't refuse,
  • be-setting,
  • high pressuring,
  • made offer they can't refuse,
  • re-presses,
  • re press,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • twists one arm,
  • twist one arm,
  • re pressed,
  • twisting one's arm,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • twisting one arm,
  • re strict,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • made an offer they can't refuse,
  • make an offer they cant refuse,
  • be sets,
  • strongarm,
  • re presses,
  • concusses,
  • made offer they cant refuse,
  • making offer they can't refuse,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • makes an offer they cant refuse,
  • be setting,
  • makes offer they cant refuse,
  • re pressing,
  • twisted one arm,
  • high pressures,
  • twists ones arm,
  • twisted arm,
  • make offer they cant refuse,
  • twists arm,
  • making offer they cant refuse,
  • making an offer they can't refuse,
  • twist ones arm.
  •communication (verb)
  • threaten.
  •dare (verb)
  • knock chip shoulder,
  • steps over line,
  • dis-regarding,
  • run gauntlet,
  • dis regarding,
  • call bluff,
  • faces off,
  • made my day,
  • stepping over line,
  • faced off,
  • outdared,
  • knocked chip off shoulder,
  • out dared,
  • steps over the line,
  • dis regards,
  • took one on,
  • dis regard,
  • makes my day,
  • squares off,
  • call one bluff,
  • out daring,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis-regards,
  • out-dared,
  • out dares,
  • out-daring,
  • out dare,
  • out-dare,
  • knocking chip shoulder,
  • outdares,
  • mustering courage,
  • facing off,
  • out-dares,
  • mustered courage,
  • musters courage,
  • stepping over the line,
  • call ones bluff,
  • taking one on,
  • takes one on,
  • outdaring,
  • knocking chip off shoulder,
  • knocks chip shoulder,
  • dis-regarded,
  • making my day,
  • dis regarded,
  • step over line,
  • knocked chip shoulder,
  • knocks chip off shoulder,
  • stepped over the line,
  • stepped over line.
  •denounce (verb)
  • hanging something on,
  • inveighing against,
  • charging with,
  • in dict,
  • pro-scribed,
  • de claims,
  • in-criminates,
  • de-claim,
  • de cry,
  • de-cry,
  • in-dict,
  • re proved,
  • de-claiming,
  • up-braids,
  • de cried,
  • de-claims,
  • in-criminated,
  • pro scribe,
  • de-crying,
  • in-criminating,
  • pro scribed,
  • de-claimed,
  • up-braiding,
  • re-proves,
  • de cries,
  • denunciates,
  • re-proving,
  • de-cried,
  • re-probates,
  • pro-scribe,
  • took task,
  • up-braided,
  • re probate,
  • de claim,
  • in criminate,
  • takes to task,
  • taking to task,
  • up-braid,
  • re-probated,
  • re proves,
  • in-criminate,
  • re-prove,
  • taking task,
  • de claiming,
  • re probates,
  • re-probating,
  • in criminating,
  • pro scribes,
  • hung something on,
  • re-proved,
  • hanged something on,
  • re-probate,
  • re probated,
  • de claimed,
  • de-cries,
  • re vile,
  • denunciated,
  • charges with,
  • took to task,
  • pro-scribes,
  • take task,
  • re prove,
  • in criminates,
  • denunciating,
  • up braids,
  • hangs something on,
  • up braid,
  • pro-scribing,
  • in criminated,
  • pro scribing,
  • re probating,
  • takes task,
  • re-vile,
  • inveighed against,
  • inveighs against,
  • de crying,
  • up braided.
  •domineer (verb)
  • inning driver's seat,
  • in the drivers seat,
  • art in the saddle,
  • pushes the buttons,
  • ran the show,
  • rule roost,
  • pre-vailed,
  • is saddle,
  • run show,
  • inning driver seat,
  • inned driver's seat,
  • ins driver seat,
  • inned the driver's seat,
  • pre vail,
  • leading by the nose,
  • kept under thumb,
  • art in saddle,
  • pre dominates,
  • ins the drivers seat,
  • was in saddle,
  • be saddle,
  • pre vailing,
  • wert in the saddle,
  • pre-vails,
  • pre-dominate,
  • were in the saddle,
  • pre dominating,
  • inning the drivers seat,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • inned the drivers seat,
  • inning the driver's seat,
  • pushes buttons,
  • are in the saddle,
  • are the saddle,
  • wast in the saddle,
  • in drivers seat,
  • was the saddle,
  • wast in saddle,
  • am the saddle,
  • pre vails,
  • wert saddle,
  • being saddle,
  • was in the saddle,
  • am saddle,
  • are saddle,
  • were saddle,
  • ran show,
  • ran things,
  • pre-vail,
  • wast the saddle,
  • kicks around,
  • pushed the buttons,
  • pre dominated,
  • inning drivers seat,
  • inned the driver seat,
  • ins driver's seat,
  • art saddle,
  • is in saddle,
  • pre-dominating,
  • pushing the buttons,
  • running the show,
  • pushing buttons,
  • pre vailed,
  • be the saddle,
  • leads by the nose,
  • lead by nose,
  • ins the driver seat,
  • inning the driver seat,
  • ins drivers seat,
  • inned driver seat,
  • are in saddle,
  • wert in saddle,
  • is in the saddle,
  • is the saddle,
  • in driver seat,
  • leads by nose,
  • pre-dominates,
  • runs things,
  • led by nose,
  • pushed buttons,
  • running show,
  • inned drivers seat,
  • leading by nose,
  • pre dominate,
  • in the driver seat,
  • were in saddle,
  • ins the driver's seat,
  • were the saddle,
  • wast saddle,
  • pre-dominated,
  • being in saddle,
  • wert the saddle,
  • art the saddle,
  • being the saddle,
  • was saddle,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • being in the saddle,
  • runs show,
  • runs the show.
  •endanger (verb)
  • imperil,
  • be in the air,
  • frighten,
  • foreshadow,
  • jeopardize,
  • be in the offing,
  • be on the horizon,
  • come on,
  • be dangerous,
  • brewing,
  • be gathering,
  • put at risk,
  • risk.
  •enfeeble (verb)
  • undermine.
  •frighten (verb)
  • haunt,
  • unnerve,
  • terrify,
  • agitate,
  • rattle,
  • panic,
  • set on edge,
  • petrify,
  • harrow,
  • disturb,
  • horrify.
  •jeopardize (verb)
  • putting in jeopardy,
  • puts in jeopardy,
  • subjecting to,
  • put jeopardy,
  • putting jeopardy,
  • subjected to,
  • subjects to,
  • puts jeopardy.
  •loom (verb)
  • being forthcoming,
  • are coming,
  • is at hand,
  • is cards,
  • is the wind,
  • being near,
  • am wind,
  • were the wind,
  • seemed huge,
  • over shadowed,
  • wert in cards,
  • being in wind,
  • comes on scene,
  • were in wind,
  • over tops,
  • art imminent,
  • being wind,
  • hangs over,
  • wert at hand,
  • are wind,
  • wast the wind,
  • being in cards,
  • wast in the wind,
  • is near,
  • were cards,
  • were forthcoming,
  • over-tops,
  • came in to view,
  • came on scene,
  • coming forth,
  • are at hand,
  • are the cards,
  • am cards,
  • seemed large,
  • is the cards,
  • being the wind,
  • was in the cards,
  • comes scene,
  • came on the scene,
  • wast coming,
  • were wind,
  • over shadow,
  • was in the wind,
  • being at hand,
  • wast in wind,
  • seems huge,
  • are hand,
  • wert in the cards,
  • come scene,
  • wast hand,
  • come on scene,
  • seeming large,
  • came scene,
  • became visible,
  • were imminent,
  • art in wind,
  • are in cards,
  • over topping,
  • be the wind,
  • wert imminent,
  • were near,
  • coming on the scene,
  • wert the wind,
  • was hand,
  • breaks through,
  • was in cards,
  • be cards,
  • being in the wind,
  • are cards,
  • seems large,
  • being imminent,
  • art coming,
  • is in the cards,
  • coming the scene,
  • coming on scene,
  • art in the wind,
  • seeming huge,
  • am the wind,
  • hung over,
  • broke through,
  • being cards,
  • wast the cards,
  • coming into view,
  • being the cards,
  • were coming,
  • took shape,
  • is wind,
  • wert cards,
  • over shadows,
  • art the cards,
  • was at hand,
  • came into view,
  • am the cards,
  • be in wind,
  • was coming,
  • brake through,
  • is forthcoming,
  • art near,
  • wert in wind,
  • were the cards,
  • comes in to view,
  • becoming visible,
  • be the cards,
  • wast in cards,
  • coming scene,
  • over-topped,
  • are in the wind,
  • over-topping,
  • was the cards,
  • comes the scene,
  • wast near,
  • wast cards,
  • art in the cards,
  • wert near,
  • being in the cards,
  • are in the cards,
  • wert forthcoming,
  • are imminent,
  • was wind,
  • was cards,
  • were at hand,
  • are the wind,
  • come in to view,
  • wast at hand,
  • wast imminent,
  • art at hand,
  • came the scene,
  • were in cards,
  • taking shape,
  • wast in the cards,
  • being coming,
  • art in cards,
  • am hand,
  • are in wind,
  • are forthcoming,
  • wert wind,
  • come the scene,
  • wert in the wind,
  • is coming,
  • am at hand,
  • over-shadowed,
  • hanged over,
  • wert hand,
  • were in the cards,
  • were hand,
  • am imminent,
  • art hand,
  • was in wind,
  • over shadowing,
  • over-shadow,
  • is imminent,
  • was imminent,
  • is in wind,
  • comes on the scene,
  • coming in to view,
  • am in cards,
  • over topped,
  • were in the wind,
  • is in the wind,
  • is hand,
  • takes shape,
  • wert the cards,
  • wast wind,
  • art forthcoming,
  • art cards,
  • art wind,
  • was near,
  • over-shadowing,
  • be hand,
  • over-shadows,
  • being hand,
  • was the wind,
  • be in cards,
  • wert coming,
  • am coming,
  • be wind,
  • was forthcoming,
  • wast forthcoming,
  • is in cards,
  • art the wind.
  •menace (verb)
  • bad eyed,
  • badeying,
  • bad eyes,
  • bad eying,
  • bad-eying,
  • pushes around,
  • bad-eyes,
  • scaring hell out of,
  • badeyes,
  • badeye,
  • whipping around,
  • badeyed,
  • bad-eyed,
  • whipt around,
  • bad eyeing,
  • pushed around,
  • scared hell out of,
  • scares hell out of,
  • bad-eyeing,
  • whipped around,
  • badeyeing,
  • whips around.
  •overhang (verb)
  • dangling over,
  • over hang,
  • drooping over,
  • flapped over,
  • am suspended,
  • casts a shadow,
  • casts shadow,
  • ex tended,
  • ex-tending,
  • cast shadow,
  • dangles over,
  • wert suspended,
  • over hangs,
  • over-hanging,
  • casting a shadow,
  • swang over,
  • over-hangs,
  • swinging over,
  • rose above,
  • is suspended,
  • dangled over,
  • ex tends,
  • ex tend,
  • ex-tended,
  • wast suspended,
  • art suspended,
  • rises above,
  • being suspended,
  • ex-tend,
  • was suspended,
  • were suspended,
  • are suspended,
  • flaps over,
  • over-hang,
  • drooped over,
  • swings over,
  • droops over,
  • ex-tends,
  • casting shadow,
  • flapping over,
  • ex tending,
  • swung over.
  •portend (verb)
  • be-speak,
  • fore warn,
  • fore telling,
  • fore-shown,
  • fore-warns,
  • hast a hunch,
  • crystal balled,
  • crystalball,
  • fore-bode,
  • hath a hunch,
  • fore-tell,
  • fore-told,
  • fore bodes,
  • Premonished,
  • be-tokens,
  • fore-boding,
  • having a hunch,
  • fore tell,
  • pre monish,
  • be spoke,
  • crystalballed,
  • fore casts,
  • had a hunch,
  • hast hunch,
  • warns of,
  • fore-warning,
  • fore warned,
  • premonishes,
  • hath hunch,
  • pro mises,
  • be tokened,
  • fore tokened,
  • pre-dict,
  • fore-tells,
  • crystal-balls,
  • fore-shows,
  • crystal-balling,
  • fore-cast,
  • pro mise,
  • fore-boded,
  • fore-bodes,
  • fore show,
  • haddest a hunch,
  • saw coming,
  • fore showing,
  • has hunch,
  • be tokens,
  • pre monishes,
  • fore warns,
  • seeing coming,
  • pre monishing,
  • crystalballing,
  • warning of,
  • be-spoke,
  • having hunch,
  • pre-monish,
  • fore-showed,
  • fore-tokened,
  • pro-mise,
  • be spake,
  • Premonishing,
  • pre-monished,
  • be-tokened,
  • fore bode,
  • be-speaks,
  • fore-tokening,
  • crystal balling,
  • be tokening,
  • fore boded,
  • be speaks,
  • pre-sage,
  • be-tokening,
  • pre sage,
  • pre-sages,
  • be-speaking,
  • foreshows,
  • hadst hunch,
  • be-spoken,
  • had hunch,
  • fore-tokens,
  • fore shows,
  • crystal-balled,
  • fore-casting,
  • fore-token,
  • fore-telling,
  • fore token,
  • be spoken,
  • fore tokens,
  • fore-casts,
  • sees coming,
  • fore tells,
  • pre monished,
  • pre dict,
  • fore casting,
  • pre-monishing,
  • points to,
  • fore-showing,
  • pro-mises,
  • fore showed,
  • fore shown,
  • foreshowed,
  • be token,
  • fore-warn,
  • haddest hunch,
  • fore-show,
  • fore told,
  • warned of,
  • fore boding,
  • be-spake,
  • pre-monishes,
  • be-token,
  • pre sages,
  • be speaking,
  • hadst a hunch,
  • fore cast,
  • fore tokening,
  • crystalballs.
  •snarl (verb)
  • gnashes teeth,
  • showing teeth,
  • shows teeth,
  • gnashing teeth,
  • gnashed teeth,
  • showed teeth.
  •threaten (verb)
  • bulldoze,
  • hint,
  • Forewarn,
  • harass,
  • torment,
  • scare,
  • admonish,
  • forebode,
  • intimidate.
  •thunder (verb)
  • uttering threat,
  • uttered threat,
  • utters threat.
  •undermine (verb)
  • clips wings,
  • under-mined,
  • clipping ones wings,
  • under cuts,
  • clipped ones wings,
  • ate away,
  • clips one's wings,
  • hollowed out,
  • under-cuts,
  • clips one wings,
  • poking full holes,
  • digged out,
  • knocks bottom out of,
  • under-mining,
  • clipped wings,
  • whittling away,
  • clipped one wings,
  • hollowing out,
  • under cutting,
  • clip one wings,
  • poke full holes,
  • clipping one wings,
  • clipping wings,
  • poked full of holes,
  • knocks the bottom out of,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • knocking the bottom out of,
  • poked full holes,
  • dug out,
  • poking full of holes,
  • knocked the bottom out of,
  • clips ones wings,
  • pokes full holes,
  • knocked bottom out of,
  • knocking bottom out of,
  • under-cutting,
  • clip ones wings,
  • whittles away,
  • whittled away,
  • under cut,
  • digs out,
  • ex-cavate,
  • clipping one's wings,
  • hollows out,
  • clipped one's wings,
  • under mined,
  • digging out,
  • ex cavate,
  • under-cut,
  • under mining.
  •warn (verb)
  • alarm,
  • alert,
  • caution,
  • advise.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • railroad through,
  • trammel,
  • pester,
  • constrain,
  • compel,
  • thrust upon,
  • bludgeon,
  • lie ahead,
  • Importune,
  • drag into,
  • drag in,
  • impend.
  •
  • cow,
  • strong-arm,
  • lurk,
  • railroad,
  • badger,
  • hold over,
  • brew,
  • hold to,
  • oblige,
  • hector,
  • await,
  • whip into,
  • pin down,
  • fulminate,
  • call for,
  • stampede.
  •
  • lower,
  • nag.
  •
  • bug,
  • pressure.
  •
  • force,
  • hang.
  •
  • press.
  •
  • make.
  •approach
  • move on,
  • correspond to,
  • gain on,
  • catch up,
  • nears,
  • closed in,
  • close in,
  • compare with,
  • gaining on,
  • closing in,
  • creep up,
  • be comparable to,
  • verge upon,
  • drew near,
  • draw near,
  • loom up,
  • corresponding to,
  • Neared,
  • drawing near,
  • come close,
  • comparing with,
  • belly up to,
  • draws near,
  • loomed up,
  • move in on,
  • move toward,
  • caught up,
  • verging upon,
  • be like,
  • compared with,
  • go toward.
  •brandish
  • Wielding,
  • come on strong,
  • throwing weight around,
  • Disported,
  • coming on strong,
  • Disporting,
  • throw weight around.
  •bully
  • Henpeck.
  •bullyrag
  • Chivied,
  • chivy,
  • Chivying.
  •coerce
  • terrorize.
  •domineer
  • be in the saddle,
  • kick around,
  • push the buttons,
  • be in saddle,
  • run the show,
  • keep under thumb,
  • run things,
  • henpecked,
  • lead by the nose,
  • in the driver's seat,
  • in driver's seat,
  • kicked around,
  • led by the nose,
  • running things,
  • predominates,
  • call shots,
  • kicking around.
  •endanger
  • lay on the line,
  • chance it,
  • Perilled,
  • Periling,
  • leave in the middle,
  • sticking one's neck out,
  • leave defenseless,
  • make liable,
  • be careless,
  • put in danger,
  • putting spot,
  • put on the spot,
  • Perilling,
  • stick one's neck out,
  • Periled,
  • laid on the line,
  • laid open,
  • laying open,
  • lay open,
  • play into one's hands,
  • subject to loss,
  • stick neck out.
  •overhang
  • swing over,
  • over hanging,
  • rise above,
  • rising above,
  • droop over,
  • overhanging,
  • be suspended,
  • beetle,
  • dangle over,
  • Beetled,
  • pouched,
  • protrude,
  • Pouching,
  • beetles,
  • beetling,
  • sticks out,
  • flap over,
  • towering above.
  •warn
  • tipping off,
  • made aware,
  • forearming,
  • clue in,
  • wise up,
  • tips off,
  • put on guard,
  • forearmed,
  • make aware,
  • lay it out,
  • clued in,
  • tip off,
  • give high sign,
  • give the high sign,
  • tipped off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • enforce,
  • necessary,
  • tell off,
  • roar,
  • infect,
  • give fair warning,
  • exigently,
  • fright,
  • bewitch,
  • hold up,
  • distress,
  • deprave,
  • despoil,
  • abash,
  • generalization,
  • lumber,
  • discomfit,
  • spoil,
  • abuse,
  • plan,
  • outline,
  • horrifyingly,
  • vindictively,
  • fundamental,
  • poison,
  • intimidation,
  • gruel,
  • dangerously,
  • balefully,
  • croak,
  • imminently,
  • look black,
  • spitefully,
  • ugly,
  • disable,
  • be menacing,
  • gather,
  • earnestly,
  • dourly,
  • debilitate,
  • disconcert,
  • berate,
  • Dehort,
  • corrupt,
  • dismay,
  • fearful,
  • hurt,
  • Prewarn,
  • with intent,
  • grimly,
  • savage,
  • foretell,
  • heavily,
  • terrorise,
  • curse,
  • comminate,
  • look for,
  • indicate,
  • serious,
  • scowl,
  • excommunicate,
  • shout,
  • do wrong,
  • tip,
  • essential,
  • jinx,
  • hazardously,
  • scupper,
  • timid,
  • scathe,
  • nastily,
  • distressingly,
  • sabotage,
  • evilly,
  • augur,
  • terrifyingly,
  • midriff,
  • fear,
  • molest,
  • subvert,
  • startle,
  • forthcome,
  • bellow,
  • peril,
  • hazard,
  • upset,
  • keep after,
  • frighteningly,
  • anticipate,
  • synopsis,
  • frightfully,
  • execrate,
  • hopelessly,
  • blight,
  • forbidding,
  • meanly,
  • atrociously,
  • wound,
  • dishearten,
  • worryingly,
  • foreordain,
  • foresee,
  • glumly,
  • illy,
  • catch unawares,
  • beshrew,
  • scare shitless,
  • crucify,
  • generalisation,
  • offering,
  • tyrannize,
  • fulminate against,
  • unworthily,
  • violate,
  • threatening,
  • indispensable,
  • condemnation,
  • hostilely,
  • torture,
  • censure,
  • drain,
  • worry,
  • tower,
  • predict,
  • yell,
  • spook,
  • desperately,
  • be in store,
  • adventure,
  • horror,
  • ruin,
  • deter,
  • menacing,
  • venture,
  • seriously,
  • awe,
  • Sinisterly,
  • bear a grudge,
  • lean,
  • diaphragm,
  • menacingly,
  • project,
  • thunder against,
  • inauspiciously,
  • stake,
  • darkly,
  • persecute,
  • bluster,
  • gloomily,
  • give warning,
  • apprehend,
  • hover,
  • important,
  • maltreat,
  • ominous,
  • sap,
  • plot,
  • necessity,
  • threat,
  • do wrong by,
  • flex muscles,
  • waist,
  • squeeze,
  • shock,
  • gamble,
  • threatens,
  • pollute,
  • prognosticate,
  • creepily,
  • overshadow,
  • would like,
  • anathematize,
  • hope,
  • soberly,
  • mistreat,
  • doom,
  • huff,
  • mutter,
  • accusation,
  • defile,
  • terror,
  • wreck,
  • dominate,
  • scarily,
  • look forward to,
  • give notice,
  • sullenly,
  • sound the alarm,
  • confront,
  • growl,
  • alarmingly,
  • severely,
  • draw on,
  • solemnly,
  • reprove,
  • daunt,
  • lack,
  • taint,
  • bark,
  • bode,
  • impair,
  • vital,
  • shake fist at,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • dauntingly,
  • preordain,
  • prejudice,
  • bluster out of,
  • deceive,
  • Disserve,
  • afflict,
  • be destined,
  • appal,
  • darken,
  • Blackly,
  • condemn,
  • face,
  • rail,
  • injure,
  • ominously,
  • aggressively,
  • betoken,
  • chief,
  • ought to,
  • hassle,
  • expect,
  • surly,
  • dreadfully,
  • gravely,
  • be to be,
  • lie over,
  • predestine,
  • scream,
  • malevolently,
  • wreak havoc,
  • weaken,
  • be to come,
  • tempt fate,
  • awfully,
  • prophesy,
  • hex,
  • discourage,
  • significant,
  • look daggers,
  • lively,
  • critical,
  • swear,
  • envenom,
  • lour,
  • presage,
  • dash,
  • offer,
  • summary,
  • outrage,
  • afraid,
  • want to,
  • sinister,
  • remarkable,
  • threateningly,
  • dispirit,
  • punish,
  • make threat,
  • befoul,
  • notify,
  • demand,
  • cast a shadow,
  • come,
  • Minatorily,
  • wrong,
  • glower,
  • animated,
  • forbiddingly,
  • disturbingly,
  • consternation,
  • harm,
  • in case,
  • denunciation,
  • look big,
  • demoralize,
  • frightened,
  • perilously,
  • expose,
  • PUT IN FEAR,
  • key,
  • be fated,
  • despairingly,
  • stormily,
  • adumbrate,
  • bugger,
  • queer,
  • epitome,
  • destroy,
  • vilely,
  • shake,
  • alive,
  • cry havoc,
  • badly,
  • do evil,
  • aggrieve,
  • Warningly,
  • damage,
  • portentously,
  • demoralise,
  • dread,
  • scold,
  • crucial,
  • intimidatingly.

Paraphrases for Threaten:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    threatens, threatening.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    vows.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, undermine, risk, affect, pose, jeopardize, challenge, violate, inhibit.
  • Verb, base form
    endanger, undermine, intimidate, impair, risk, compromise, frighten, hamper, affect, hinder, pose, disrupt, jeopardize, scare, injure, disturb, prejudice, challenge, destabilize, infringe, terrorize, erode, violate, inhibit, frustrate.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    threat, threats, threatened.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    jeopardise, imperil, threat, harm.
  • Verb, base form
    jeopardise, imperil, threat, danger, harm, impede.

Antonyms for Threaten:

• v.

  • warn, pressure
    compliment, praise, guard, flatter, approve, help, alleviate, relieve, commend, assist, please, protect, defend, save.

Hypernym for Threaten:

• v.

  • communication
    offer.

Hyponym for Threaten:

• v.

  • communication
    forecast, prefigure, omen, foretell, auspicate, portend, augur, prognosticate, bode, betoken, predict, presage, foreshadow, warn.