THREAT

threat

(noun) declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; “his threat to kill me was quite explicit”

threat

(noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; “they were under threat of arrest”

terror, scourge, threat

(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread; “he was the terror of the neighborhood”

menace, threat

(noun) something that is a source of danger; “earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Threat (plural Threats)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Threat is the 31656^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 730 individuals. Threat is most common among Black/African American (80.68%) and White (12.19%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're

Etymology 1

Noun

threat (plural threats)

An expression of intent to injure or punish another.

An indication of potential or imminent danger.

A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Usage notes

Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible

Etymology 2

Verb

threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)

(transitive) To press; urge; compel.

(transitive, archaic) To threaten.

(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Anagrams

• Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're

Source: Wiktionary

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Threat, n. Etym: [AS. , akin to a to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. to fail, want, lack, Goth. us to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.]

Definition: The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.

Threat, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. , AS. . See Threat, n.]

Definition: To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer. Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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