Another word for threaten
threaten
v.
To warn of punishment
intimidate, menace, caution, admonish, hold over, scare, torment, push around, browbeat, forewarn, bully, terrorize, abuse, bluster, fulminate, look daggers, thunder against, bulldoze*, draw a gun on*, pull a gun on*, double the fist at*; see also frighten 1, abuse 1, warn.
To impend
endanger, be dangerous, be gathering, be in the offing, imperil, be brewing, be on the horizon, approach, come on, advance; see also frighten 1, loom 2.
threaten implies a warning of impending punishment, danger, evil, etc. as by words, actions, events, conditions, or signs he threatened to retaliate, the clouds threaten rain; menace stresses the frightening or hostile character of that which threatens he menaced me with a revolver
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Another word for threaten
To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:
bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, menace. (Informal) strong-arm. See overTo subject to danger or destruction:
endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, peril, risk. See safetyTo give warning signs of (impending peril):
forebode, forewarn. See foresightTo be imminent:
brew, hang over, impend, loom, lower1, menace, overhang. See near
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