Threat synonyms
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Part of speech:
warning (related)
Advice to be cautious:
A thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
something that is a source of danger
The chance of injury, damage, or loss; dangerous chance; hazard
Calling for immediate attention; urgent
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To venture (something):
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
Conveying or constituting a threat
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To prevent or discourage (an action or behavior):
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.
threats (related)
minacity
A disposition to threaten.
To say noisily and aggressively
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
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Power or ability to coerce.
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
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.
Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
saber-rattling
A flamboyant display of military power.
A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
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To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation:
The definition of hector is to bully.
To put in peril; endanger
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.
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gathering clouds
clear and present danger
The ability to instill intense fear:
terrorism (related)
crisis (related)
minatorial
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That portends evil; ominous
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
Foreshadowing quality
warn (related)
An expression of the intent to hurt or punish another
The definition of ominous is something that suggests bad things will happen soon.
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
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A storm cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
aggression (related)
repression (related)
catastrophe (related)
Of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening
The definition of baleful is something that is threatening and dangerous.
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Of or pertaining to commination.
Tending to denounce.
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.
The definition of imminent is something that is likely to happen very soon.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
The definition of menacing is someone or something that is threatening or that suggests danger.
Of a menacing or threatening nature; minatory.
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storm-clouds
foresight (related)
Thoughtful regard or provision for the future; prudent forethought
vulnerability (related)
threat-x94 (related)
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
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