Threaten synonyms
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To scare is defined as to suddenly frighten or alarm someone.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.
To make (one's way) aggressively.
To hurt by treating badly; mistreat
Bluster means for wind to blow like a storm, or for someone to speak or act noisily.
To explode with sudden violence; detonate
look-daggers
(Idiomatic, often followed by at) To stare in a severe, disapproving, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
thunder against
To warn of punishment
draw a gun on
To warn of punishment
pull a gun on
To warn of punishment
double the fist at
To warn of punishment
To threaten with extinction
be dangerous
To impend
be gathering
To impend
be in the offing
To impend
be brewing
To impend
be on the horizon
To impend
To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
The phrase come on is when someone encourages you to do something to which you have said no.
To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
help (antonym)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
mollify (antonym)
To make less intense, severe, or violent
placate (antonym)
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease.
happen (antonym)
Used with an infinitive to make polite requests:
seize (antonym)
To put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership to
frighten (related)
To force (away, out, or off) or bring (into a specified condition) by making afraid
warn (related)
To give notice to (a person) to stay or keep (off, away, etc.)
loom (related)
To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image:
To make predictions from signs or omens.
be imminent
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. Found primarily in the passive voice.
To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
Portend is defined as to be a warning or signal of.
The force per unit area that one region of a gas, liquid, or solid exerts on another. Pressure is usually measured in Pascal units, atmospheres, or pounds per square inch. &diamf3; A substance is said to have negative pressure if some other substance exerts more force per unit area on it than vice versa. Its value is simply the negative of the pressure exerted by the other substance.
guard (antonym)
Guard is defined as to keep safe, protect or cover.
alleviate (antonym)
To reduce or decrease
relieve (antonym)
To give aid or assistance to
The definition of hector is to bully.
To use physical force or violence upon, esp. in robbing
Risk is defined as to expose someone or something to a dangerous situation.
To be made by boiling or steeping:
hang over
To be threatening, to be imminent
Lower means to bring down, lessen or reduce.
To project over something:
over (related)
From start to finish; through
safety (related)
To subject to danger or destruction
foresight (related)
To give warning signs of (impending peril)
near (related)
Near means to get closer.
Synonym Study
Find another word for threaten. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for threaten, like: admonish, scare, intimidate, menace, caution, hold-over, torment, push-around, browbeat, forewarn and bully.