Words Containing Threaten

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Definition of threaten

v. t. - To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
v. t. - To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.
v. i. - To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

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The word threaten is a 8 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for threaten is: threat-en