THREATEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:”He threatened me when I tried to call the police”
   Hypernyms(s) threaten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • warn (what does warn mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • offer (what does offer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • to be a menacing indication of something:”The clouds threaten rain”
   Usage Example(s)
   • Danger threatens
   Hypernyms(s) threaten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bode (what does bode mean?)
   • portend (what does portend mean?)
   • auspicate (what does auspicate mean?)
   • prognosticate (what does prognosticate mean?)
   • omen (what does omen mean?)
   • presage (what does presage mean?)
   • betoken (what does betoken mean?)
   • foreshadow (what does foreshadow mean?)
   • augur (what does augur mean?)
   • foretell (what does foretell mean?)
   • prefigure (what does prefigure mean?)
   • forecast (what does forecast mean?)
   • predict (what does predict mean?)
3. Meaning
   • pose a threat to
   • present a danger to
   Synonym(s)
   • endanger (what does endanger mean?)
   • imperil (what does imperil mean?)
   • jeopardise (what does jeopardise mean?)
   • jeopardize (what does jeopardize mean?)
   • menace (what does menace mean?)
   • peril (what does peril mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The pollution is endangering the crops
   Hypernyms(s) threaten is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • exist (what does exist mean?)
   • be (what does be mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • riskiness (what does riskiness mean?)
   • peril (what does peril mean?)
   • hazard (what does hazard mean?)
   • jeopardy (what does jeopardy mean?)
   • peril (what does peril mean?)
   • risk (what does risk mean?)
   • menace (what does menace mean?)
   • threat (what does threat mean?)
   • hazard (what does hazard mean?)
   • jeopardy (what does jeopardy mean?)
   • peril (what does peril mean?)
   • risk (what does risk mean?)
   • hazard (what does hazard mean?)
   • jeopardy (what does jeopardy mean?)
   • peril (what does peril mean?)
   • risk (what does risk mean?)