threat
An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
Noun 3 meanings
An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
“Verifying and addressing actual threats is not paranoia.”
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Verb 2 meanings
To press; urge; compel.
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”).
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THREAT at a glance
THREAT has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,450 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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