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Etymology
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Pronunciation
enPR : thrĕt′n̩ , IPA (key ) : /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ Hyphenation: threat‧en
Verb
threaten (third-person singular simple present threatens present participle threatening simple past and past participle threatened
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
1905 Baroness Emmuska Orczy , chapter 2, in The Hocussing of Cigarette [1] No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
He threatened me with a knife.
To menace , or be dangerous .
The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
To portend , or give a warning of.
The black clouds threatened heavy rain.
( figuratively ) 2000 , Lew Freedman, Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska, →ISBN , page 69
The player quickly surmised that things weren't kosher and the suddenly wiser ballplayer threatened the world record for the fifty-yard dash as he sought safety. As Reynolds dived into the van, Dietz and the other players rolled with laughter.
Usage notes
Translations
to make a threat against someone; to use threats
Arabic: هَدَّدَ ( haddada )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: hədələmək (az) , təhdid etmək
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: пагража́ць impf ( pahražácʹ )
Bulgarian: запла́швам (bg) ( zaplášvam )
Burmese: ခြိမ်း (my) ( hkrim: ) , ခြိမ်းခြောက် (my) ( hkrim:hkrauk )
Catalan: amenaçar (ca)
Cebuano: huga hulga talhog
Chinese:
Mandarin: 威脅 ／ 威胁 (zh) ( wēixié ) , 威胁 (zh) ( wēixié ) , 恐嚇 ／ 恐吓 (zh) ( kǒnghè ) , 恐吓 (zh) ( kǒnghè )
Czech: hrozit (cs) , vyhrožovat (cs)
Danish: true (da)
Dutch: bedreigen (nl) , dreigen (nl)
Esperanto: minaci
Finnish: uhkailla (fi)
French: menacer (fr)
Friulian: menaçâ
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: drohen (de) , bedrohen (de)
Greek: απειλώ (el) ( apeiló )
Ancient: ἀπειλέω ( apeiléō )
Hindi: धमकाना (hi) ( dhamkānā )
Hungarian: fenyeget (hu)
Interlingua: menaciar
Irish: bagair
Italian: minacciare (it)
Japanese: 脅す (ja) ( おどす, odosu ) , 脅迫する (ja) ( きょうはくする, kyōhaku suru ) , 脅かす (ja) ( おどかす, odokasu, おびやかす, obiyakasu )
Khmer: កំញើញ (km) ( kɑmñaəñ )
Korean: 위협하다 (ko) ( wihyeophada ) , 협박하다 (ko) ( hyeopbakhada )
Lao: ຂູ່ (lo) ( khū )
Latin: minor (la) , minitor
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Macedonian: заканува impf ( zakanuva )
Malay: ugut
Maori: takutaku kapatau whakaweti whakahakahaka
Mongolian: айлгах (mn) ( ajlgax ) , сүрдүүлэх ( sürdüülex )
Ngazidja Comorian: urisiza
Norman: m'nichi ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: true (no)
Nynorsk: true truge
Occitan: menaçar
Persian: تهدید کردن (fa) ( tahdid kardan )
Polish: grozić (pl) , zagrażać (pl)
Portuguese: ameaçar (pt)
Romanian: amenința (ro)
Russian: грози́ть (ru) impf ( grozítʹ ) ; угрожа́ть (ru) impf ( ugrožátʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: maoidh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: претити impf
Roman: pretiti (sh) impf
Slovak: hroziť impf
Slovene: groziti (sl)
Spanish: amenazar (es)
Swedish: hota (sv)
Tagalog: pagbantaan balaan
Tajik: таҳдид кардан ( tahdid kardan )
Thai: ขู่ (th) ( kùu )
Turkish: gözünü korkutmak (tr)
Ukrainian: погро́жувати ( pohróžuvaty )
Venetian: minasar manasar
Vietnamese: doạ (vi)
Volapük: tädön (vo)
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ǃXóõ: ʻǁna̰ha
to menace, or be dangerous
Catalan: amenaçar (ca)
Cebuano: hulga
Chinese:
Mandarin: 威脅 ／ 威胁 (zh) ( wēixié ) , 威胁 (zh) ( wēixié ) , 恐嚇 ／ 恐吓 (zh) ( kǒnghè ) , 恐吓 (zh) ( kǒnghè ) , 有...危險 ／ 有...危险 (zh) , 有...危险 (zh) ( yǒu...wéixiǎn )
Dutch: bedreigen (nl)
Esperanto: minaci
Finnish: uhata (fi) , vaarantaa (fi)
French: menacer (fr)
German: bedrohen (de)
Irish: bagair
Italian: minacciare (it)
Japanese: 脅かす (ja) ( おどかす, odokasu, おびやかす, obiyakasu ) , 威嚇する (ja) ( いかくする, ikaku suru )
Latin: insto
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Malay: ancam
Maori: wananga whakahakahaka
Ngazidja Comorian: ushangaza
Norman: m'nichi ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: true (no)
Nynorsk: true truge
Occitan: menaçar
Polish: grozić (pl) , zagrażać (pl)
Portuguese: ameaçar (pt)
Russian: грози́ть (ru) impf ( grozítʹ ) ; угрожа́ть (ru) impf ( ugrožátʹ )
Slovene: groziti (sl)
Spanish: amenazar (es)
Ukrainian: погро́жувати ( pohróžuvaty )
to portend, or give a warning
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