threaten
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
The pollution is endangering the crops
Types & categories
- exist hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:
He threatened me when I tried to call the police
Types & categories
Sense 3 verb
to be a menacing indication of something:
The clouds threaten rain
Types & categories
- omen hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | threat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | exist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | warn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | offer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | omen |