threat

Pronunciation: /θɹɛt/

The English word “threat” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

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.

verb

To press; urge; compel.
To threaten.
To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Etymology

From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”). Cognate with Scots thret,…

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