Threaten
41out-threaten — to out throb: see out …
42Threatened — Threaten Threat en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threatened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Threatening}.] [OE. [thorn]retenen. See {Threat}, v. t.] 1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the… …
43Threatening — Threaten Threat en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threatened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Threatening}.] [OE. [thorn]retenen. See {Threat}, v. t.] 1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the… …
44shake a stick at — threaten, intimidate; point out; quantify; name (usually used in the expression more than one can shake a stick at ); …
45rattle sabres — threaten to attack, appear to be preparing for war The workers are rattling their sabres, but they won t strike …
46be hanging over someone's head — threaten to affect someone at any moment. → head …
47rattle sabres — threaten to take aggressive action. → rattle …
48threatening — threaten ► VERB 1) make or express a threat to (someone) or to do (something). 2) put at risk; endanger. 3) (of a situation or the weather) seem likely to produce (an unwelcome result). DERIVATIVES threatening adjective …
49rattle sabers — threaten to take aggressive action. See also saber rattling …
50menace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. threat, danger, hazard, peril. v. t. threaten, intimidate, bully; impend, loom. See warning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A threat] Syn. caution, intimidation, foretelling; see warning . 2. [An imminent… …