verb trans
to utter threats against (somebody)
He threatened his employees with the sack
to give ominous signs of (something)
The clouds threaten rain
to be a potential source of harm or danger to (somebody or something)
a scandal that threatened his career
to announce (something unpleasant or undesirable) as intended or possible
The workers threatened a strike
to utter threats
to appear menacing
The sky threatened
threatener noun
threatening adj
threateningly adv