[
UK
/θɹˈɛtən/
]
[ US /ˈθɹɛtən/ ]
[ US /ˈθɹɛtən/ ]
VERB
-
to be a menacing indication of something
Danger threatens
The clouds threaten rain -
pose a threat to; present a danger to
The pollution is endangering the crops -
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
He threatened me when I tried to call the police
How To Use threaten In A Sentence
- I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
- His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
- Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
- The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
- The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.
- People are becoming more sensitized to the dangers threatening the environment.
- The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.
- For an uncritical mentalist, no such indeterminacy threatens.
- She said two of the remaining three, unsighted threatened species had not been spotted since 1965 while the other had gone undetected since 1891.
- You've also threatened, or you've also mentioned that my relationship threatens my country and again I find that such a huge leap of illogic.
