threaten: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with T · ends with N
Meaning of threaten
verb
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
Example: He threatened me with a knife.
To menace, or be dangerous.
Example: The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
To portend, or give a warning of.
Example: The black clouds threatened heavy rain.
To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
Example: The new information threatened our original hypothesis.
Listed forms: threatens, threatening, threatened.
Source: Wiktionary — threaten.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is threaten in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of threaten
T(1) + H(4) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of threaten
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from threaten
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