Pronunciation Verb
threaten (threatens, present participle threatening; past and past participle threatened)
- To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
- 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) To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)
- 2000, Lew Freedman, Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska, ISBN 0945397828, 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.
- 2000, Lew Freedman, Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska, ISBN 0945397828, page 69
- French: menacer
- German: drohen, bedrohen
- Italian: minacciare, impaurire
- Portuguese: ameaçar
- Russian: грози́ть
- Spanish: amenazar
- French: menacer
- German: bedrohen
- Italian: minacciare, intimidire
- Portuguese: ameaçar
- Russian: грози́ть
- Spanish: amenazar
- German: androhen
- Italian: avvisare, promettere
- Portuguese: ameaçar
- Russian: предвеща́ть
- Spanish: amenazar
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