Synonyms for threaten

Synonyms for (verb) threaten

Synonyms: threaten

Definition: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

Similar words: warn

Definition: notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

Usage: The director warned him that he might be fired; The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking


Synonyms: threaten

Definition: to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

Usage: Danger threatens

Similar words: omen, betoken, augur, auspicate, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, portend, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, bode

Definition: indicate by signs

Usage: These signs bode bad news


Synonyms: menace, jeopardise, jeopardize, imperil, peril, threaten, endanger

Definition: pose a threat to; present a danger to

Usage: The pollution is endangering the crops

Similar words: be, exist

Definition: have an existence, be extant

Usage: Is there a God?


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