Threat synonyms
thrĕt
Category:
Part of speech:
warning (related)
Advice to be cautious:
A thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
something that is a source of danger
A formal notice to a court or public official that the notifier has an interest in a matter or property and requests the suspension of some procedure or proceeding concerning the matter or property until the notifier is given a hearing.
terrorism (related)
To venture (something):
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The chance of injury, damage, or loss; dangerous chance; hazard
The final offer in negotiating an agreement, carrying with it the implication that if it is not accepted, bargaining will cease.
To reduce in standing or respect.
To be an indication or source of potential danger, harm, etc.
The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
minacity
A disposition to threaten.
Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
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saber-rattling
A flamboyant display of military power.
To put in peril; endanger
clear and present danger
Conveying or constituting a threat
To prevent or discourage (an action or behavior):
To say noisily and aggressively
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To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
threats (related)
Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis.
A formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment, read out in church on Ash Wednesday
The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
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The act or an instance of denouncing, especially a public condemnation or censure.
(Law) A fraud achieved through the use of a threat or compulsion:
(Law) A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
An act of threatening; a threat.
To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation:
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The definition of hector is to bully.
The definition of inveigh is to rant against something, or to speak or write about something with great hostility.
To indicate by prediction; forecast:
To induce or instigate (another) to do something illegal, esp. to commit perjury
A sense of evil to come.
gathering clouds
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crisis (related)
Power or ability to coerce.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Of a menacing or threatening nature; minatory.
minatorial
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That portends evil; ominous
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
(Insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
Foreshadowing quality
storm-clouds
warn (related)
An expression of the intent to hurt or punish another
foresight (related)
Thoughtful regard or provision for the future; prudent forethought
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The ability to instill intense fear:
vulnerability (related)
threat-x94 (related)
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
A storm cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
aggression (related)
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repression (related)
catastrophe (related)
Calling for immediate attention; urgent
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
The definition of ominous is something that suggests bad things will happen soon.
Of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening
Of or pertaining to commination.
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Tending to denounce.
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.
The definition of imminent is something that is likely to happen very soon.
The definition of menacing is someone or something that is threatening or that suggests danger.
The definition of baleful is something that is threatening and dangerous.
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