Overview of verb threaten

The verb threaten has 3 senses

• endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril -- (pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops")


• threaten -- (to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police")


• threaten -- (to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens")

Overview of adj threatening

The adj threatening has 2 senses

• baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening -- (threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly")


• heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky")