'Threat' definitions:

Definition of 'threat'

(from WordNet)
noun
Something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan" [syn: menace, threat]
noun
A warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"
noun
Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
noun
A person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat]

Definition of 'Threat'

From: GCIDE
  • Threat \Threat\ (thr[e^]t), n. [AS. [thorn]re['a]t, akin to [=a][thorn]re['o]tan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. [thorn]rj[=o]ta to fail, want, lack, Goth. us[thorn]riutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.] The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation. [1913 Webster]
  • There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Threat'

From: GCIDE
  • Threat \Threat\, v. t. & i. [OE. [thorn]reten, AS. [thorn]re['a]tian. See Threat, n.] To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Of all his threating reck not a mite. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'threat'

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Words containing 'Threat'